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

• It was decided to call off the search when there was no hope of finding the missing child alive.
  在没有希望能活着找到那孩子时，决定停止搜寻。
• The teacher began to call off the names on his list.
  老师开始按名单点名。
• I yelled to the man to call off his dog.
  我对那人大喊，要他把狗喝走。
• 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。
• I want youto call off the wedding.
  我要你取消这场婚礼。
• 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。
• Since the weather is bad, let's call off the trip.
  既是天气不好，那就不去了吧。
• Can you piease call off your thugs now?
  现在你能叫你的打手走了？
• He wanted to call off the moon race and cooperate with the soviets.
  取消探月行动并和苏联人合作。
• 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。