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词汇 call-off
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call someone/something off


phrasal verb with callverbuk /kɔːl/ us /kɑːl/
to order a dog, or sometimes a person, to stop attacking someone or something: 喝退,把…叫开;命令…停止攻击
I shouted to him to call his dog off, but he just laughed at me.我大声喊他把狗叫开,可他只是嘲笑我。
Call off your thugs, and I'll show you where the money is.叫你那帮暴徒走开,我会告诉你钱在哪里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Giving orders & commands
all-points bulletin
boss someone around
bossily
bossiness
bossyboots
commanding
decree
demand
dictate
expect
harry
instruct
prescribe
put something on
self-ordained
shove
shove someone around
stick
stick out for something
task

call something off


phrasal verb with callverbuk /kɔːl/ us /kɑːl/
B2
to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible: 取消,停止,中止(尤指体育赛事)
Tomorrow's match has been called off because of the icy weather.因为天气寒冷,明天的比赛取消了。
The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow.警方暂停了对失踪孩子的寻找,明天天亮后再继续。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to cancel something
cancelSorry, I have to cancel our plans tonight.
call offThe game has been called off because of the weather.
offThe meeting's off because James is ill.
scrapWe've scrapped our plans for a trip to France.
suspendThe ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather.
postponeWe've postponed the wedding until next year.
They've called off the wedding.
We had to call off the party because of his health.
The wedding was planned for June and they've just called the whole thing off.
Is it too late to call it off?
They've had to call off the match at the last minute.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cancelling and interrupting
adjourn
adjourn to somewhere
arrest
break
break the cycle
broke
diversion
halt
in midstreamidiom
kick
kick something into touchidiom
rain
scratch
scrub
shut (something) off
suspend
suspended game
suspensive
take a break
uncancelled

call off something | American Dictionary


call off something


phrasal verb with callverbus/kɔl/
to decide that a planned event will not happen:
Union leaders called the strike off at the last minute.
To call off a dog is to order it to stop attacking someone or something.

call sth off | Business English


call sth off


phrasal verb with callverbuk /kɔːl/us
to decide that something that has already been planned will not happen:
The companies called off their merger plans late Monday citing 'adverse market conditions'.
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