Call off the dogs
停止追踪, 中断不愉快的谈话
🧩 词语组成解析
call
[kɔl]
v. 呼唤，喊叫;召唤，叫来，召集;下令，命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫，大声喊;电话联络;必要，理由;要求;
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
n. 瘦狗类；狗（dog的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
We aren't going, for the simple reason that we can't afford it.
我们不去，原因很简单，我们负担不起。
We are in the same boat, we both failed the exam.
我们都一样，考试都没及格。
for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.
房子实在太大了，但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然执意长年住在那儿。