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

• We can cry and get off speeding fines.
  眼泪可以免除超速罚单。
• And they cannot cry to let off their panic.
  还不能用哭来宣泄他们的恐惧。
• Just because I don't cry, doesn't mean my heart won 't.Just because I come off strong doesn't mean there's nothing wrong.
  我不哭，并不代表我的心里没有流泪。我坚强，并不代表什么事都没有发生。
• 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。
• It was the first affection you showed me on this visit and so it made me cry after you got off the bus to go to work.
  这是你在这次访问上显示我的第一个爱，因此在你下公共汽车去上班之后，它使我哭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The distant cry trailed off.
  远处传来的喊声逐渐地消失了。
• 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。