英语词汇“declare off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

9. to declare off: to state formally that one is ‘off’ with a bargain or undertaking; to break off an engagement, practice, etc.; to withdraw, back out. colloquial. (Rarely transitive)

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

starta1450

fang1522

recidivate1528

to draw back1572

flinch1578

to shrink collar1579

retract1616

to shrink out of the collar1636

renege1651

to fly off1667

to slip (the) collarc1677

to declare off1749

to cry off1775

to back out1807

to fight off1833

crawfish1848

welsh1871

to pull out1884

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. ix. 268 Propose Marriage..and she will declare off in a Moment.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiii. 126 No, I declare off; I'll fight no more.

1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 19 I contrived to get clear by declaring off from being a candidate.

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 188 Many declared off their bets.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxiv. 272 When it came to the point, Mr. Haynes declared off, and there has been no one to take it since.

a. So as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance, as in to break off, cut off, declare off, leave off, switch off, turn off, etc.

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α.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 377 Leve of [L Desiste], Alwyn, wiþ þy good wille.

a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 171 (MED) It is speedful sumtyme to leue of þi corious worching in þi wittes.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 174 Is nane sa gude as leif of, and mak na mair stryfe.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd4 His deuotion..Breaking of.

β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 31^v It will soone wax barraine, and leave off fruit bearing.1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 Upon Saturday..they break off worke sooner by an houre.1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 350 She was the occasion of my Ruin, for she had persuaded me to go on, when I would have left off.1818 Sporting Mag. 3 91 The match went off, and all bets were declared void.1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 69 The Duke has declared off, and the wounded lover does not seem to be anxious to make his proposals of marriage.1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xx. 309 He turned off the gas, and kissed the picture in the dark.1892 Bookman Oct. 27/2 Zola began by being an idealist. He has not left off being one.1934 F. S. Fitzgerald Tender is Night i. xxiii. 115 Claude, who was checking stock, broke off his work..to make Abe a pick-me-up.1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee vi. 132 Their grand strategy soon became apparent—..cut off supplies for Carrington's troops, isolate them, and attack.1993 N.Y. Times 13 Apr. a12/1 The authorities cut off water and electricity to the cellblock.

单词	declare off
释义	> as lemmas to declare off 9. to declare off: to state formally that one is ‘off’ with a bargain or undertaking; to break off an engagement, practice, etc.; to withdraw, back out. colloquial. (Rarely transitive) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. ix. 268 Propose Marriage..and she will declare off in a Moment. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiii. 126 No, I declare off; I'll fight no more. 1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 19 I contrived to get clear by declaring off from being a candidate. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 188 Many declared off their bets. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxiv. 272 When it came to the point, Mr. Haynes declared off, and there has been no one to take it since. extracted from declarev. declare off a. So as to interrupt continuity or cause discontinuance, as in to break off, cut off, declare off, leave off, switch off, turn off, etc. ΚΠ α. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 377 Leve of [L Desiste], Alwyn, wiþ þy good wille. a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 171 (MED) It is speedful sumtyme to leue of þi corious worching in þi wittes. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 174 Is nane sa gude as leif of, and mak na mair stryfe. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd4 His deuotion..Breaking of. View more context for this quotation β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 31^v It will soone wax barraine, and leave off fruit bearing.1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 Upon Saturday..they break off worke sooner by an houre.1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 350 She was the occasion of my Ruin, for she had persuaded me to go on, when I would have left off.1818 Sporting Mag. 3 91 The match went off, and all bets were declared void.1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 69 The Duke has declared off, and the wounded lover does not seem to be anxious to make his proposals of marriage.1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xx. 309 He turned off the gas, and kissed the picture in the dark.1892 Bookman Oct. 27/2 Zola began by being an idealist. He has not left off being one.1934 F. S. Fitzgerald Tender is Night i. xxiii. 115 Claude, who was checking stock, broke off his work..to make Abe a pick-me-up.1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee vi. 132 Their grand strategy soon became apparent—..cut off supplies for Carrington's troops, isolate them, and attack.1993 N.Y. Times 13 Apr. a12/1 The authorities cut off water and electricity to the cellblock. extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj. < as lemmas
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