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。
• You'd better call off the wedding!
  你最好取消了婚礼。
• I think you can call off your nanobots now.
  我想你现在可以放弃你的机械人了。
• 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。
• Call off your dog, will you?
  把你的狗喊走，好吗？
• Rufus: Do you want me to call off this wedding?
  那你是希望我取消婚礼喽？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。