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

• 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。
• 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。
• Or should I call off your appointments for tomorrow too?
  或者是我也帮你取消明天的约定？
• His idea was to get us to call off the strike.
  他的意思是让我们取消罢工。
• 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。
• Call off your dog, will you?
  把你的狗喊走，好吗？
• Can you piease call off your thugs now?
  现在你能叫你的打手走了？
• I yelled to the man to call off his dog.
  我对那人大喊，要他把狗喝走。
• I prefer to call off the meeting on account of boss's absence.
  我倾向于取消会议因为老板不在。
• 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。