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

• 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。
• They wanted to get us to call off the strike.
  他们想让我们取消这次罢工。
• So it's probably better if you don't call off my appointments.
  所以你不要取消约定比较好。
• 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。
• Or should I call off your appointments for tomorrow too?
  或者是我也帮你取消明天的约定？
• I prefer to call off the meeting on account of boss's absence.
  我倾向于取消会议因为老板不在。
• In that case, we have to call off the meeting.
  要是那样的话，我们就得取消会议。
• He has called off the trip
  他已取消了这次行程。
• Greenpeace refused to call off the event.
  绿色和平组织拒绝取消这一活动。
• Since the weather is bad, let's call off the trip.
  既是天气不好，那就不去了吧。