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。
