call off

英 [kɔːl ɒf]

美 [kɔːl ɔːf]

取消

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 取消
  If youcall offan event that has been planned, you cancel it.
  1. He has called off the trip...
     他已取消了这次行程。
  2. The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.
     工会威胁要罢工,不过在最后一刻取消了行动。

英英释义

verb

• give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
  Synonym:call
• postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
  1. Call off the engagement
  2. cancel the dinner party
  3. we had to scrub our vacation plans
  4. scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
  Synonym:cancelscratchscrub

双语例句

• In that case, we have to call off the meeting.
  要是那样的话，我们就得取消会议。
• Call off your dog, will you?
  把你的狗喊走，好吗？
• You can call off the search when you meet the right man. Before you found him, you were always looking for next best thing.
  当你找到对的人之后就不用继续寻找了；在你找到他之前，你一直在寻找下一个更好的人。
• Please call off the meeting; I will be late getting back into town.
  把会议取消了吧，我可能回去晚一点。
• He'll see it or I'll call off the fight.
  他必须看，否则我取消比赛。
• Romania's government issued a last-minute appeal to him to call off his trip.
  罗马尼亚政府最后一刻恳请他取消行程。
• I think you can call off your nanobots now.
  我想你现在可以放弃你的机械人了。
• After what had happened, we decided to call off the scheduled meeting.
  既然发生了那样的事情，我们决定取消那次预定的会议。
• The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.
  工会威胁要罢工，不过在最后一刻取消了行动。
• Greenpeace refused to call off the event.
  绿色和平组织拒绝取消这一活动。