beg off

英 [beɡ ɒf]

美 [beɡ ɔːf]

恳求免除（责任、责罚等）

英英释义

verb

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement
  Synonym:excuse

双语例句

• The night before the wedding, I decided to call my friends and beg off.
  在婚礼前的晚上，我决定借故推辞我朋友的邀请。
• It would be so easy to tell Miss Tilney that you had just been reminded of a prior engagement, and must only beg to put off the walk till Tuesday.
  这容易得很，你就对蒂尔尼小姐说你刚想起先前的一次约会，只要求把散步推延到星期二。
• I'm afraid I am going to have to beg off from your dinner invitation.
  我恐怕不得不请求原谅不能赴您的晚餐邀请了。
• "I told you when you signed on for this that you were in it for the duration, and now you've come to me twice and tried to beg off!"
  “你签字就聘本案辩护律师时，我就对你说，你要从头干到尾，想不到你两次来找我想打退堂鼓！”
• My father is gone to London, and Jane has written to beg my uncle's immediate assistance, and we shall be off, I hope, in half an hour.
  我父亲到伦敦去了，吉英写信来，要舅父立刻回去帮忙，我希望我们在半个钟头之内就能动身。
• Mother accepted an invitation to a dinner party, but a headache made her beg off.
  母亲接受了赴宴的邀请，但因头痛不能出席而请求谅解。
• Maybe one day I'll have to beg a meal off you in Beijing.
  说不定以后我混不下去了到北京还得找你给我口饭吃。
• Mother told Tom to sweep away the dead leaves in the yard, but he tried to beg off.
  妈妈要汤姆打扫庭院里的落叶，可他却极力请求别叫他干这件事。