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 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。
• Don't let anything call off your attention from your studies.
  不要让别的事转移你学习的注意力。
• He has called off the trip
  他已取消了这次行程。
• You'd better call off the wedding!
  你最好取消了婚礼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Should I call off my divers?
  我应该叫走我的潜水员么？
• 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。