英语释义

• freed from danger or blame or obligation;

  "I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand"

片语

ring off the hook电话响个不停

Off The Hook Season好友二人组

off f the hook脱身

let off the hook脱离困境

Lift off the hook摘机

Fishing Off The Hook 2失落的鱼竿

Fishing Off the Hook钓鱼大赛

took it off the hook就从钩子

Get Off The Hook解围、解脱；（使某人）脱离困境

英汉例句

• 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，水力压裂行业及其捍卫者所要求的，却正是对自身造成的损失一推了之。

• i arrive at work with a smug smile on my face (though guiltily note that this also means i「m off the hook at bedtime, having done the day」s deed already).

  去上班的时候，我满脸笑容，沾沾自喜（这也说明我今日事已经今日毕，我可没欠什么床上债。 想到这一点让我有点内疚）。

• the anc’s national executive committee could still get him off the hook if it decides to review the ruling against him, but that is considered unlikely, as it might split the party.

  非国大执行委员会如果对他的指控进行复审的话，依然可以让他摆脱困境，但这不太可能，因为这样做可能会分裂非国大。

• i wanted to let people off the hook for not sticking to the beaten path, and also provide a reminder that sometimes the worst experiences in the moment make the best stories afterwards.

  我希望这本书能使人们打破常规，摆脱困境，并提醒他们：有时候，旅行途中当下最糟糕的体验在不久以后会变成最好的故事。

• 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几个月内摆脱困境或者延缓问题。

• it wasn’t about letting the other person off the hook and forgetting what they had done.

  不是让别人摆脱困境，忘掉他们的所作所为。

• sure a bouquet of flowers or some other last minute gift would be nice and probably get you off the hook but what would that mother really want to do for that special day?

  一束鲜花或一些最后一刻的礼物肯定不错，也许还让你摆脱困境。但是妈妈在那个特别的日子最想做什么呢？

• he's not about to let mankind off the hook with judgment day.

  他并不打算让人类从审判日的挂钩上下来。

• but eu diplomats say none of this will let turkey off the hook over cyprus.

  但是欧盟的外交官说，没什么能让土耳其绕开塞浦路斯问题。

• 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。

• that lets mr kibaki off the hook far too easily.

  这使齐贝吉先生能容易的摆脱困境。