英语词汇“to call quits”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to call (it) quits = to cry quits at sense A. 2a; (also) to abandon a quarrel, venture, etc., esp. in order to cut one's losses.

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the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)]

unbenda1400

unbinda1400

to leave (a person) the field?c1450

to give upa1616

to call (it) quits1851

to pull the pin1860

to hang up one's fiddle1889

to pack in1906

to pack up1925

to cop out1942

to give it away1949

1851 Democratic State Reg. (Watertown, Wisconsin) 23 June 2/3 We have discontinued our paper to the following individuals, who have neglected to pay up arrearages... Hand up the balance due and we will call it quits.

1898 J. London Let. 30 Nov. (1966) 5 Tomorrow I would cut my throat and call quits with the whole cursed business.

1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Mar. 2/2 The old isolationists want to ‘call quits’ on the whole business.

1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence ii. viii. 75 Vic smelled a rat and decided to call it quits.

1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Feb. 2/4 Nearly bitten alive with mosquitoes..I called it quits and joined the gang in the [boat].

1998 Details Apr. 190/2 Three years later, he moved to Cowen. He gutted it out until last November, when he finally decided to call it quits.

单词	to call quits
释义	> as lemmas to call (it) quits b. to call (it) quits = to cry quits at sense A. 2a; (also) to abandon a quarrel, venture, etc., esp. in order to cut one's losses. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)] unbenda1400 unbinda1400 to leave (a person) the field?c1450 to give upa1616 to call (it) quits1851 to pull the pin1860 to hang up one's fiddle1889 to pack in1906 to pack up1925 to cop out1942 to give it away1949 1851 Democratic State Reg. (Watertown, Wisconsin) 23 June 2/3 We have discontinued our paper to the following individuals, who have neglected to pay up arrearages... Hand up the balance due and we will call it quits. 1898 J. London Let. 30 Nov. (1966) 5 Tomorrow I would cut my throat and call quits with the whole cursed business. 1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Mar. 2/2 The old isolationists want to ‘call quits’ on the whole business. 1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence ii. viii. 75 Vic smelled a rat and decided to call it quits. 1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Feb. 2/4 Nearly bitten alive with mosquitoes..I called it quits and joined the gang in the [boat]. 1998 Details Apr. 190/2 Three years later, he moved to Cowen. He gutted it out until last November, when he finally decided to call it quits. extracted from quitsadj.n. < as lemmas
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