cry off

英 [kraɪ ɒf]

美 [kraɪ ɔːf]

变卦; 取消诺言; 打退堂鼓

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卦;取消诺言;打退堂鼓
  If youcry off, you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to do.
  1. Barron invited her to the races and she agreed, but she caught flu and had to cry off at the last minute.
     她接受了巴伦一起去看比赛的邀请，但她感冒了，最后不得不取消约定。

双语例句

• We can cry and get off speeding fines.
  眼泪可以免除超速罚单。
• And they cannot cry to let off their panic.
  还不能用哭来宣泄他们的恐惧。
• Barron invited her to the races and she agreed, but she caught flu and had to cry off at the last minute.
  她接受了巴伦一起去看比赛的邀请，但她感冒了，最后不得不取消约定。
• In1999, Swank was chosen for Boys Don't Cry, and the month she spent living as a boy ( as her own fictional brother, James) before the filming paid off.
  1999年，斯万卡被选中饰演《男孩不哭》。在电影开拍前的一个月，她像男孩一样生活了一个月（想象她是自己的兄弟，詹姆斯），电影开拍后获得了成功。
• The hue and cry going off to the Hulks, and people coming thence to examine the iron, Joe's opinion was corroborated.
  这件事情追问到监狱船上，他们派人来检查，认为乔的判断是千真万确的。
• But most of us could cry with relief when we kick them off at the end of a long day.
  但大部分人在漫长的一天结束后脱下高跟鞋时都会感觉有如从痛苦中解脱一般。
• The distant cry trailed off.
  远处传来的喊声逐渐地消失了。
• He will pass by your door with his clear cry, and you shall fling open your window, cast off your veil, come out of the dusk of your dreams and meet your destiny.
  他响亮地呼唤着路过你的门前时，你便会从依稀的梦中惊醒，将窗儿洞开，抛下面纱，走出房门，去迎接命运的安排。
• In the worst days of preparation for the exam, I waked up by nightmare and fell into cry, but after that I had to wipe off tears and go to classroom for daily study.
  最恐怖的时候，每天凌晨会哭醒，然后继续掉一会眼泪，然后爬起来去教室看书、复习。
• I said I would go, but had to cry off at the last moment.
  我是说过要去的，但事到临头却不得不改变了主意。