duck out

英 [dʌk aʊt]

美 [dʌk aʊt]

逃避; 推脱; 回避

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 逃避;推脱;回避
  If youduck out ofsomething that you are supposed to do, you avoid doing it.
  1. George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin...
     乔治逃脱了和他表亲的包办婚姻。
  2. You can't duck out once you've taken on a responsibility.
     一旦承担起责任你就不能逃避。

双语例句

• Global warming may be real enough, they conclude, but it is all too difficult; even if they make sacrifices, others will duck out of their commitments.
  他们总结道，全球变暖问题可能切实存在，但实在难以解决；即使他们做出牺牲，其他人仍会逃避承诺。
• Pushing Herb in, she held the door handle to make sure he did not duck out again.
  她把赫伯推进门去，反身拉住门上的把手，使赫伯不会再溜出去。
• This is not a conversation that management can afford to duck out of either.
  这也不是一个管理层可以避开的话题。
• It would be unfair of you to duck out of going to the cinema.
  你想躲过不去电影院，这样是不正当的。
• A group of adults sits cringing in a circle of plastic chairs, each clearly wondering whether it is too late to duck out of this weekend workshop for only children.
  一群成年人缩手缩脚地坐在一圈塑料椅上，每个人显然都在考虑，要退出这个独生子女周末研讨会，是不是已经来不及。
• A vegetarian in Argentina is like a duck out of water.
  原来阿根廷人和北美人一般爱大块吃肉。
• A British Internet site offered fans an ingenious range of ways to duck out of work so they can watch games beamed from Japan and South Korea in comfort.
  英国一个网站为球迷提供了一系列逃避工作的巧妙方法，以便他们能舒舒服服地观看从日本和韩国传送过来的比赛节目。
• The duck jumps out of the basket and swims away.
  鸭子从篮子里跳出去，然后游走了。
• And it cites international studies which suggest this continues late into life, with insecure children more likely to leave school early or duck out of employment or training.
  报告引用了世界各国的研究，研究表明亲子关系会对孩子日后的生活产生影响，与同龄人相比，那些缺乏安全感的孩子更可能辍学或逃避就业。
• The little ugly duck murmured while walked, suddenly a courser scurried out.
  丑小鸭边走边说，突然，一直猎狗窜了出来。