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

• It was too late to duck out of going with them.
  要想推托不跟他们去已为时太晚。
• 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。
• The duck jumps out of the basket and swims away.
  鸭子从篮子里跳出去，然后游走了。
• While Hung-chien did not care, he was somewhat perturbed by all this since it meant something else to worry about whenever he was out walking along the street, and if he saw them coming from afar he would duck out of the way.
  鸿渐虽然并不在乎，总觉不痛快；在街上走，多了一个顾忌，老远望见他们来，就避开。
• Thought you had to duck out on personal business.
  我以为你顾不上个人生活了呢。
• The worlds richest duck started out in business when he was just a wee nipper, polishing boots on the streets of his native Glasgow; today he owns some of the worlds largest mining concerns.
  作为世界上最富裕的鸭子，麦克老鸭当初起家的时候还只是个毛头小子，在家乡格拉斯哥的街头擦鞋。如今他拥有世界上最大的几座矿井。
• The ugly duck changed into a swan because of his going out of the place which fettered him.
  丑小鸭变成了白天鹅，因为它走出了篱笆的限制。
• Enterprising reporters might even catch key officials as they come and go from meetings or duck out for bathroom breaks.
  在会议过程中，一些重要官员进进出出或者去上厕所，这时，一些有魄力的记者甚至能碰到他们。
• No parent can duck out of his duty to his children.
  没有一个父母可以逃避自己对孩子应尽的责任。
• 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。