English Dictionary

off the grid

adv

In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.

They live off the grid, relying on solar power and rainwater for their needs.

意味（1）

In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.

Imagine a future in which millions of families live off the grid, powering their homes and vehicles with dirt-cheap portable fuel cells.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed.

If you're annoying folks, you'll essentially cease to exist, as those you annoy drop you off the grid.

意味（3）

(idiomatic) Secretly; in a clandestine manner.

“You have to have an awful lot of energy and passion to make films with no funding and no prospect of having them seen in public in your home country except under the radar and off the grid,” said Sally Berger, the curator of the festival, who visited China last fall.