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

• They wanted to get us to call off the strike.
  他们想让我们取消这次罢工。
• 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。
• They shouted themselves hoarse over the loudspeaker, asking the black workers to call off the strike.
  他们通过喇叭声嘶力竭地喊叫，要求黑人工人取消罢工。
• 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。
• Can you piease call off your thugs now?
  现在你能叫你的打手走了？
• In that case, we have to call off the meeting.
  要是那样的话，我们就得取消会议。
• Greenpeace refused to call off the event.
  绿色和平组织拒绝取消这一活动。
• So it's probably better if you don't call off my appointments. I will call you later this afternoon and tell you what I think.
  我还没确定。也许这一天之内就好了，所以你不要取消约定比较好。下午我再打给你告诉你我的决定。
• 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。
• 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。