cry off

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cried off cries off 三单 cries off crying off crying off 现在分词 cried off 过去式 cried off 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cancel something previously arranged with someone.

    及物/不及物

    Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "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. 2.

    To leave.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To confess; to snitch or inform on (someone).

    不及物 俚语