off the hook
美 
英
- un.齒輪脫開(kāi)
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)逃脫；擺脫困境；脫身
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
I had thought she was giving a supervision, not a lecture, and letting her off the hook would have wasted even more of her time.
我原以為她要去指導(dǎo)學(xué)生，不用上課。如果讓她錯(cuò)過(guò)了，會(huì)耽誤她更多的時(shí)間。
Robert Kennedy, JFK's attorney general, was an important part of the back-channel negotiations that got us off the hook.
約翰·肯尼迪的總律師羅伯特·肯尼迪在其后臺(tái)渠道的協(xié)調(diào)中起到了至關(guān)重要的作用，使我們擺脫了險(xiǎn)境。
This can be a good way both to prompt a speedy turnaround, and to let people off the hook in the long term.
這是一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的方法，它既能促使對(duì)方快速回復(fù)，長(zhǎng)期來(lái)看，又能讓人擺脫郵件壓境的困擾。
If he had chosen another target in the mobile-mad city state, he might have got off the hook.
如果他選擇的是這個(gè)手機(jī)泛濫的城市國(guó)家中別的目標(biāo)，他也許就漏網(wǎng)了。
Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook. "
你知道自己的幸福只取決于自己，便擺脫了困境。
But Egypt and the Palestinians may not be prepared to let Israel off the hook.
但是埃及和巴勒斯坦也許不準(zhǔn)備讓以色列擺脫這個(gè)負(fù)擔(dān)。
Forgiveness is not about letting the other person off the hook. It's about pulling the knife out of your own gut.
原諒別人不是使別人從困境中解脫出來(lái)，而是將刀子從自己的肝臟中拔出來(lái)。
"He hated posing for pictures with strangers in restaurants, but she did not let him off the hook, " writes Ms Kantor.
“他不愿和陌生人在餐館擺好姿勢(shì)拍照，但她從不讓他脫身，”坎特爾在書(shū)中寫(xiě)道。
They settled for "someone with at least a second degree in economics" (which thankfully lets me off the hook).
他們最終勉強(qiáng)將其定義為“至少具有經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)碩士學(xué)位的人”（謝天謝地，我被排除在外了）。
Year end is usually off the hook with all wrapping up activities and the exciting anticipation .
年底有各種各樣的收尾工作和令人興奮的期待，讓人緊張不已。
It will probably get you off the hook for a few days or months or keep the problem on the back burner.
它能使你在一些天甚至幾個(gè)月內(nèi)擺脫困境或者延緩問(wèn)題。
Coulson also points to a flaw in auction procedure that lets truant buyers off the hook: houses do not have to honor most defaulted bids.
庫(kù)爾森還指出了拍賣(mài)程序上讓那些拍了不買(mǎi)的買(mǎi)家逃脫懲罰的一個(gè)小瑕疵，那就是拍賣(mài)行不必嘉獎(jiǎng)那些拖欠付款的買(mǎi)方出價(jià)。
But I don't think he will let me off the hook if I'm late again.
不過(guò)我覺(jué)得要是再有下次，他肯定不會(huì)放過(guò)我。
One is a statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to think.
一個(gè)是陳述句，另一個(gè)是疑問(wèn)句，一個(gè)讓你放棄，而另一個(gè)則促使你去想辦法。
Data revisions, though, are unlikely to get Beijing fully off the hook of a dilemma of its own making.
然而，修改數(shù)據(jù)不大可能幫助北京完全擺脫這一由它自己造成的兩難處境。
Ask for two or ten or three hundred melons, and the number lets you off the hook by replacing the article altogether.
如果你買(mǎi)上兩個(gè)、十個(gè)或是三百個(gè)瓜，這些數(shù)字干脆一股腦兒取代了冠詞，讓你徹底解放。
But just as I've never let her off the hook for screaming meanness, I don't believe my Italian ancestry explains my moods.
但是，就像我從來(lái)沒(méi)能讓她從惡劣的大喊大叫中解脫出來(lái)，我也不相信我的意大利祖先能解釋我的心情。
I'm letting you off the hook this time. But next time! Next time, you have to say it from the heart. Okay?
我這次先饒了你，但是下次！下次，你不要再在心里說(shuō)這話了，好嗎？
Yet what the industry and its defenders demand is, of course, precisely that it be let off the hook for the damage it causes.
然而，水力壓裂行業(yè)及其捍衛(wèi)者所要求的，卻正是對(duì)自身造成的損失一推了之。
You think you're off the hook just by leaving? Dream on!
你以為一走就了事啦？沒(méi)那么便宜！
"You know his agent's phone is ringing off the hook, " one Beijinger put it.
“他經(jīng)紀(jì)人的電話該被打爆了”，一個(gè)北京人如是說(shuō)。
The committee be to let the CEO off the hook if he resigns his post.
假如執(zhí)行長(zhǎng)辭職的話，委員會(huì)就會(huì)讓他擺脫困境。
In any case, for now PC makers still seem to be off the hook.
不管怎樣，電腦廠商目前似乎暫時(shí)擺脫了困境。
You know what I say? I say this prom is gonna be off the hook!
你知道我現(xiàn)在怎么想嗎？我覺(jué)得這次的畢業(yè)舞會(huì)會(huì)很棒
But officials have also argued at each point of the process that letting banks off the hook serves the interests of the economy as a whole.
不過(guò)，在進(jìn)程中的每個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)，官員都聲稱(chēng)，放銀行一馬是服務(wù)于整體的經(jīng)濟(jì)利益。
Sorry, the phone must be off the hook. Would you mind waiting for a moment?
對(duì)不起，他的話筒沒(méi)放好，請(qǐng)您稍等一會(huì)兒好嗎？
That's not to say that the guys are entirely off the hook.
當(dāng)然，這不是說(shuō)男人們完全從良了。
You want me to let you off the hook again?
你想讓我再放過(guò)你一次嗎？
I had meetings back to back all morning. And phone rang off the hook from the minute I walked into the office.
整個(gè)早上我有背靠背的會(huì)議。從我走進(jìn)辦公室那一刻開(kāi)始電話就響個(gè)不停。
The next day, our phone started ringing off the hook.
第二天，我們的電話開(kāi)始響個(gè)不停。
The box office phones were ringing off the hook all day.
售票處的電話鈴整天都沒(méi)有停過(guò)。
Largely because of Chinese recalcitrance, North Korea was all-but let off the hook by the United Nations this month.
在很大程度上，正是由于中國(guó)的頑固立場(chǎng)，朝鮮本月基本上逃脫了聯(lián)合國(guó)的譴責(zé)。
'The phone was ringing off the hook, '' he said.
高橋說(shuō)：電話都被打爆了。
He was just shocked, shocked when he phone started ringing off the hook.
他當(dāng)時(shí)感到震驚，當(dāng)他的電話開(kāi)始響時(shí)就感到震驚。
let you off the hook You think God will let you off the hook?
你們以為上帝會(huì)讓你們擺脫困境嗎？
Let me off the hook with a mild reprimand .
溫和地責(zé)備后便放過(guò)了我。
Since the earthquake, the Red Cross lines have been ringing off the hook.
地震發(fā)生后，紅十字會(huì)的電話響個(gè)不停。
The phone behind the bullion counter rings off the hook as a frantic sales clerk tries to answer buyers' questions .
金條柜臺(tái)后面的電話響個(gè)不停，一位忙得暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向的售貨員努力解答著顧客們的問(wèn)題。
But EU diplomats say none of this will let Turkey off the hook over Cyprus.
但是歐盟的外交官說(shuō)，沒(méi)什么能讓土耳其繞開(kāi)塞浦路斯問(wèn)題。
No criminal trial for Britney Spears after she caused a fender-bender in a Los Angeles-area parking lot. Spears isn't off the hook though.
布蘭妮在洛杉磯某地區(qū)的停車(chē)場(chǎng)制造了一起無(wú)人傷害的小型車(chē)禍，但事后她并沒(méi)有遭到刑事審判。
