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British and informal: to say you will not come or will not do something, after you already agreed. 'He cried off at the last minute.' No object. Americans would say 'back out' or 'cancel'. There is a small flavor of letting people down in it.
臨時推掉、先答應又反悔不來
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cry offverb
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To cancel something previously arranged with someone.
- Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit.
- "I—I am very sorry, Mr Carrados," stammered the curate, "but, after all, I am afraid that I must cry off. This week—" "If the distance takes up too much of your time, may I send a car?"
- 2
To leave.
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slangTo confess; to snitch or inform on (someone).
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。