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Learning English with Thomas
2023.03.05
Put off or Call off ?
推遲或取消﹖
Synonym— let's begin with phrasal verbs 認識同義詞 —— 由英文片語談起 T:Thomas,F:Freddy   T: Hello Freddy, it’s about time to call a meeting with our colleagues next Friday. F: Oh, sorry. I’ve been busy with other things, other more pressing matters. Can we put off the meeting for another week? Or simply call it off?   T: You mean, postpone the meeting, or even cancel it? F: Yes, yes, that’s what I mean. What do you think?   T: Well, we do need to meet. I can’t go along with your suggestion to call it off, cancelling it. We need to meet. F: Well then, would you go for putting it off?   T: OK. Let’s postpone it for a week. That is, we’ll meet Friday week.   T: 哈囉Freddy,差不多時候跟我們的同事在下週五召開會議。 F: 哦,對不起。我一直忙於處理其他更緊迫的事情。我們可以將會議再推遲 (put off)一週嗎﹖或是乾脆取消(call off)?   T: 你的意思是,推遲(postpone) 會議,甚至取消(cancel)會議? F: 是的,是的,這就是我的意思。你認為怎麼?   T: 我們確實需要開會。我不贊同你取消(call off / cancel)會議的建議。我們是需要開會的。 F: 那麼,你會推遲(put off)會議嗎?   T: 好的。讓我們推遲(postpone) 一週吧。也就是說,我們在週五見面。