off the hook

单词off the hook

基本解释

un.: 齿轮脱开
网络: 逃脱；摆脱困境；脱身

英汉解释

• 齿轮脱开

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.

  我原以为她要去指导学生，不用上课。如果让她错过了，会耽误她更多的时间。

• Robert Kennedy, JFK"s attorney general, was an important part of the back-channel negotiations that got us off the hook.

  约翰·肯尼迪的总律师罗伯特·肯尼迪在其后台渠道的协调中起到了至关重要的作用，使我们摆脱了险境。

• This can be a good way both to prompt a speedy turnaround, and to let people off the hook in the long term.

  这是一个不错的方法，它既能促使对方快速回复，长期来看，又能让人摆脱邮件压境的困扰。

• If he had chosen another target in the mobile-mad city state, he might have got off the hook.

  如果他选择的是这个手机泛滥的城市国家中别的目标，他也许就漏网了。

• 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决于自己，便摆脱了困境。

• 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许不准备让以色列摆脱这个负担。

• Forgiveness is not about letting the other person off the hook. It"s about pulling the knife out of your own gut.

  原谅别人不是使别人从困境中解脱出来，而是将刀子从自己的肝脏中拔出来。

• "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馆摆好姿势拍照，但她从不让他脱身，”坎特尔在书中写道。

• They settled for "someone with at least a second degree in economics" (which thankfully lets me off the hook).

  他们最终勉强将其定义为“至少具有经济学硕士学位的人”（谢天谢地，我被排除在外了）。

• Year end is usually off the hook with all wrapping up activities and the exciting anticipation .

  年底有各种各样的收尾工作和令人兴奋的期待，让人紧张不已。