英语新闻说高考“kicks off”是啥意思？

【朗读以下例句，并用今日表达造句】

We're going to kick off the new year with a huge party. Would you like to join us?

He used to be a heavy smoker, but he kicked the habit last year.

Even though I'm an adult, building sandcastles at the beach still gives me a kick.

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kick off

字面意思：踢开

实际意思：(足球或橄榄球比赛的) 开球；开始 (事件、比赛等)；拉开序幕

【解释】

If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins.

【例句】

Gaokao kicks off, with 11.93 million candidates registered

高考拉开了序幕，有1193万考生报名参加。

We're going to kick off the new year with a huge party. Would you like to join us?

我们将举行一个盛大的晚会来迎接新年。你要和我们一起吗？

The shows kick off on October 24th.

展览从10月24日开始。

The mayor kicked off the party.

市长揭开了宴会的序幕。

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kick a/the habit

戒掉（坏习惯）

【解释】

If you kick a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing.

【例句】

She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value.

她已经戒掉吸毒的恶习，懂得了她的生命有价值。

He used to be a heavy smoker, but he kicked the habit last year.

他过去烟瘾很大，但去年戒掉了。

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sth give sb a kick

字面意思：给某人一脚

引申意思：给某人极大的快感/极度的兴奋

也可以说：

sb gets a kick from sth/out of sth

【例句】

If something gives you a kick, it makes you feel very excited or very happy for a short period of time.

【例句】

Even though I'm an adult, building sandcastles at the beach still gives me a kick.

虽然我已经是成年人了，但在海滩上堆沙堡仍然让我很兴奋。

I got a kick out of seeing my name on the list.

看到我的名字在名单上，我感到非常兴奋。