He left the phone off the hook as he didn't want to be disturbed.
他不想被电话打扰，就把电话听筒摘下来了。
Since war broke out, the phones at donation centres have been ringing off the hook.
自从战争爆发以来，捐款中心的电话一直响个不停。
I'd taken my phone off the hook in order to get some sleep.
我把电话听筒拿了下来，以便可以睡会儿觉。
The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.
表示愿意提供援助的电话接连不断。
我现在解脱了。
But let us not pretend that it lets us off the hook.
但是，让我们不要假装这样做我们就可以逃脱责任了。
But what they detest is the idea that it might let feckless Italians and Portuguese off the hook.
但是他们讨厌他们实行的解救欧元区的计划也会让意大利和葡萄牙摆脱困境。
On birthdays, I'd shut the door and take the phone off the hook.
我生日那天我锁好门拿着电话就躲开朋友们了。
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。
So I often encourage people to let themselves off the hook, cut themselves some slack.
因此我通常鼓励人们脱离有问题的情况或轻松一些。
Once I got voicemail. But usually it rings off the hook.
有一次我接通了语音信箱，但是通常电话都无人接听。
The next day, our phone started ringing off the hook.
第二天，我们的电话开始响个不停。
Just because the oil spill is plugged doesn't mean we're off the hook: there's still work to do.
石油泄漏被堵住了，但这并不意味着我们大功告成可以松一口气；还有许多工作要去做。
"The study doesn't let transgressors off the hook, " said Garcia.
“这项研究不是让感情不忠者开脱，”加西亚说。
Rather than working out how to skewer Mr Cameron, European leaders would do better thinking what they can offer him that might get him off the hook with his more rabid backbenchers.
欧洲领导人与其想出办法把卡梅隆置于困境中，还不如考虑如何帮助卡梅隆摆脱那些更加激进的后座议员们的困扰。
Does that mean we should excuse the behavior of individual executives and let them off the hook when ethical lapses occur and when greed runs rampant?
这是否意味着，道德缺失、贪婪肆虐的时候，我们应该原谅个别高管的行为，不必让他们承担责任？
Then they let them off the hook: Mario gomez scored a very lucky equaliser, probably from an offside position.
然后，他们出招了：戈麦斯打进了非常幸运的扳平一球，这球很可能越位在先。
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。
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？
Coulson also points to a flaw in auction procedure that lets truant buyers off the hook: houses do not have to honor most defaulted bids.
库尔森还指出了拍卖程序上让那些拍了不买的买家逃脱惩罚的一个小瑕疵，那就是拍卖行不必嘉奖那些拖欠付款的买方出价。
I often let myself off the hook by being very messy - "I'm too agitated to deal with putting these papers away now" - but then the disorder just makes me feel more overwhelmed and anxious.
我经常把周围弄得一团糟却放纵不管——“我现在很烦，懒得整理这堆文件”——但这样的混乱往往会让我感觉更糟糕、更焦虑。
Our phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from well-meaning relatives and friends who want to “save the date” for our wedding once it’s legal.
我们常常会接到一大堆来自那些好心的朋友和亲戚的电话，想为我们合法的婚礼“留个时间”。
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) frets that looser rules will let key derivative traders, such as hedge funds, off the hook.
证券交易委员会（简称证交会）担心太宽松的条款可能会让像对冲基金这样的主要衍生物的交易者漏网。
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。
Still, certain sugar sources may not be entirely off the hook.
不过，某些糖类可能也逃脱不了干系。
Still, certain sugar sources may not be entirely off the hook.
不过，某些糖类可能也逃脱不了干系。
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