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

• They wanted to get us to call off the strike.
  他们想让我们取消这次罢工。
• Rufus: Do you want me to call off this wedding?
  那你是希望我取消婚礼喽？
• The teacher began to call off the names on his list.
  老师开始按名单点名。
• Call off your dog, will you?
  把你的狗喊走，好吗？
• Greenpeace refused to call off the event.
  绿色和平组织拒绝取消这一活动。
• His idea was to get us to call off the strike.
  他的意思是让我们取消罢工。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He has called off the trip
  他已取消了这次行程。