1. to gain strength, energy, or support from (something) She fed off the crowd's enthusiasm. His anger fed off his jealousy. We are able to feed off each other's ideas.
fed off 例句
英汉例句
Nor is it an accident that anti-Americanism has fed off those instances, such as Guantanamo Bay, where America has seemed most un-American.
反美主义者以关塔那摩湾等例子作为能量来源绝非偶然。在关塔那摩湾,美国看起来最不像美国。
The guest fed off some silver dishes.
客人们用银盘进餐。
The economic euphoria of the late 1990scaused consumers to go on a spending spree and businesses to go on an investment binge – and the rest of the world fed off the American boom.
Like the uprisings sweeping the Middle East today, the revolutions of 1848 followed and fed off one another, with opposition figures consciously mimicking the rhetoric of revolutionaries past.
1848年的革命,就像今天席卷中东的起义一样,此起彼伏,反对者有意模仿革命者过去的言辞。
The guests sat cross-legged around a low table and fed off silver dishes.
客人们盘腿围坐在一张矮桌旁,从银盘中取菜吃。
In seeing the bigger picture I could give myself a break and begin to forgive my parasitic behavior as well as those who have fed off of me due to the nature of the very difficult dance here on Earth.