go off the reservation

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leave an Indian reservation to which one was restricted. derogatory,literally
    — The Indian may go off the reservation, he can steal from the whites and run back to the reservation with impunity.
  2. To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily. US
    — This hand was ready to give the works to any physician, a member of the Medical Association in good standing, who'd go off the reservation by daring to serve a medical co-operative on a full-time salary.
  3. To engage in disruptive activity outside normal bounds. broadly
    — When the Russians do go off the reservation, as they did early in April 1965, their object is not to challenge the Western allies of yesteryear, the United States, Britain, and France, but to impress upon West Germany their support for East Germany and its claim to West Berlin.
  4. To act in an independent, uncontrolled, or unauthorized manner. broadly
    — The technician mentally recalibrated. "Yes ma'am. An Alpha-9-associated device just went offline unexpectedly." She raised an eyebrow. "Thompson and Adams gone off the res again?"

词形变化

goes off the reservation present,singular,third-person going off the reservation participle,present went off the reservation past gone off the reservation participle,past

词源

By analogy with a member of the tribe leaving an Indian reservation.
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