大学英语：Many of the younger buyers say they are turned

　　8.Many of the younger buyers say they are turned off by the poor quality of modern goods and are looking for remnants of a stringer and firmer era， when things were built to last.

　　turn off是个常用短语，通常表示“关掉;解雇;避开，”在本句中的意思是“失去兴趣”，请看例句：

　　1)Be sure to turn off the lights before you leave.(请你离开前务必把灯关掉。)

　　2)She was turn off by the boss as she couldn't type fast enough.(她因打字不够快而被老板解雇。)

　　3)He turned off the question with a shrug of the shoulder.(他耸耸肩回避开了这个问题。)

　　4)This music really turns me off.(这种音乐真叫我倒胃。)

　　5)A number of students are turned off by this subject.(这门课使许多学生厌烦。)

　　句中的when是一个关系副词，引导非限定定语从句，也可把when看作是并列连词，意思相当于at the time，如：

　　1)The meeting will be put off till next week， when all the participants will arrive from different parts of the country.(会议被推迟到下周，届时所有的与会者将从全国各地赶来。)

　　2)I'll join you next month， when I will have made all the preparations.(我下个月加入你们当中，那时我将做好一切准备。)