goodbye
exclamation uk/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ us/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ (informal bye)
A1 再见，再会
used when someone leaves
Goodbye Bill! See you next week. 再见比尔！下周见。
- More examples
- He kissed the children goodbye .
- As the bus left, she turned around and waved goodbye to us.
- She said goodbye to all her friends and left.
- He left and I missed my chance to say goodbye to him.
- Give Grandpa a wave goodbye, Alice, you won't see him till next week.
goodbye
noun [ C ] uk/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ us/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
道别，告别
the words or actions that are used when someone leaves or is left
Don't go without saying goodbye to me, will you? 别不辞而别，好不好？
She kissed her children goodbye before leaving for work. 她去上班前亲吻孩子们跟他们说再见。
We said our goodbyes, and left. 我们道别之后离开了。
I hate long drawn-out goodbyes (= acts of leaving). 我讨厌告别时难舍难分的样子。
Idiom
goodbye to somethingidiom 失去…的机会；与…无缘
used when accepting that there is no possibility of getting, keeping, or achieving a particular thing
She only finished sixth - that surely means goodbye to a place in the final. 她只拿到第6名——那毫无疑问意味着她已经无缘决赛。