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

• Can you piease call off your thugs now?
  现在你能叫你的打手走了？
• His idea was to get us to call off the strike.
  他的意思是让我们取消罢工。
• 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。
• I think you can call off your nanobots now.
  我想你现在可以放弃你的机械人了。
• You'd better call off the wedding!
  你最好取消了婚礼。
• 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。
• 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。
• Should I call off my divers?
  我应该叫走我的潜水员么？
• 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。
• Greenpeace refused to call off the event.
  绿色和平组织拒绝取消这一活动。