| 短语 | cry off |
| 释义 | cry off BrEto say that you cannot do something that you have already promised to do取消承诺，变卦⇒cancel:•Leah and I were going to go to Morocco together, but at the last moment she cried off.利娅和我原打算一起去摩洛哥，但到了最后一刻她变卦了。 cry off informal go back on a promise or fail to keep to an arrangement 〈非正式〉取消前言; 打退堂鼓： we were going to Spain together and he cried off at the last moment. 我们说好了一起去西班牙的, 但他在最后一刻打了退堂鼓。 ˌcry ˈoff(BrE) (informal)to say that you cannot do sth that you promised to do撤回前言；取消诺言；打退堂鼓She said she was coming to the party, but cried off at the last moment.她说过她要来参加聚会，可到最后一刻又变卦了。cry offcall off; withdraw from (an agreement or undertaking) 取消；撤回（协议或任务） * I had intended to go but I cried off at the last minute. 我本来要去的，但是最后一分钟打消了这个念头。 * He cried off this research project and left his friends in great difficulty. 他撒手不管这个研究项目，使他的朋友们陷入困境。 * John was going to help us, but he cried off. 约翰本来要帮助我们的，但是他没有履行诺言。cry off毁约食言;打退堂鼓：To keep one’s word is very important among businessmen，if a firm cries off，no one will do business with it any more.在商人中间讲信用是非常重要的，如果一家商号毁约食言，以后就没有人再跟它做买卖了。 |
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