English Dictionary

off the grid

副詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

公共の電力供給システムに依存せず、独自の電源を利用する状態 / 公共の電気網から切り離された場所や状況 / 電力会社の電気を使用せず、自家発電や再生可能エネルギー等で賄う生活様式

We decided to go off the grid for a month, living in a cabin powered only by solar panels.

私たちは1か月間、公共の電力網を使わない生活をすることに決め、ソーラーパネルだけで電力をまかなう小屋に滞在しました。

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.