cry off

英 [kraɪ ɒf]

美 [kraɪ ɔːf]

变卦; 取消诺言; 打退堂鼓

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 变卦;取消诺言;打退堂鼓
  If youcry off, you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to do.
  1. Barron invited her to the races and she agreed, but she caught flu and had to cry off at the last minute.
     她接受了巴伦一起去看比赛的邀请，但她感冒了，最后不得不取消约定。

双语例句

• In the worst days of preparation for the exam, I waked up by nightmare and fell into cry, but after that I had to wipe off tears and go to classroom for daily study.
  最恐怖的时候，每天凌晨会哭醒，然后继续掉一会眼泪，然后爬起来去教室看书、复习。
• But most of us could cry with relief when we kick them off at the end of a long day.
  但大部分人在漫长的一天结束后脱下高跟鞋时都会感觉有如从痛苦中解脱一般。
• Sometimes the energy release of a good laugh, or a good cry, can also take the edge off.
  有时候，一声大笑、大哭来释放能量也可以缓解危急。
• My house is more than two months, when babies do not eat milk, milk powder to cry, I cut off the milk, breast-fed her light, enough to eat a few days ago, less than a week had enough breast milk.
  我家宝宝也在二个多月时不吃奶粉，给奶粉就哭，我把奶粉断了，让她光吃母乳，前几天吃不饱，过不到一个星期母乳就够了。
• I said I would go, but had to cry off at the last moment.
  我是说过要去的，但事到临头却不得不改变了主意。
• The hue and cry going off to the Hulks, and people coming thence to examine the iron, Joe's opinion was corroborated.
  这件事情追问到监狱船上，他们派人来检查，认为乔的判断是千真万确的。
• The distant cry trailed off.
  远处传来的喊声逐渐地消失了。
• We can cry and get off speeding fines.
  眼泪可以免除超速罚单。
• The emotionally incontinent exhibitionists who cry when they are kicked off talent shows such as The X Factor are not grown men, for example.
  例如，当情感失禁的表现狂的天资显示出如X因素不是成熟的男人被淘汰时大哭。
• He will pass by your door with his clear cry, and you shall fling open your window, cast off your veil, come out of the dusk of your dreams and meet your destiny.
  他响亮地呼唤着路过你的门前时，你便会从依稀的梦中惊醒，将窗儿洞开，抛下面纱，走出房门，去迎接命运的安排。