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。
• Can you piease call off your thugs now?
  现在你能叫你的打手走了？
• He has called off the trip
  他已取消了这次行程。
• They wanted to get us to call off the strike.
  他们想让我们取消这次罢工。
• I want youto call off the wedding.
  我要你取消这场婚礼。
• 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。
• Or should I call off your appointments for tomorrow too?
  或者是我也帮你取消明天的约定？
• Since the weather is bad, let's call off the trip.
  既是天气不好，那就不去了吧。
• 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。
• 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。