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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The scariest thing about these words is that they let you off the hook.
这两个字的最可怕之处是让你逃脱困境。
It will probably get you off the hook for a few days or months or keep the problem on the back burner.
它能使你在一些天甚至几个月内摆脱困境或者延缓问题。
Aren't you just letting him off the hook?
你这不是在给他开脱吗？
It wasn't about letting the other person off the hook and forgetting what they had done.
不是让别人摆脱困境，忘掉他们的所作所为。
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 a new study hints that being lean doesn't get you entirely off the health hook either.
但是一项新的研究提示我们：保持自身纤细苗条也并不会让我们从此就远离健康之忧。
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。
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。
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。
The next day, our phone started ringing off the hook.
第二天，我们的电话开始响个不停。
"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。
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。
Only more fuel-efficient vehicles, better public transport, and electric cars will get us off the oil hook.
只有更多的高效能交通工具，更好的公共交通和电力车会让我们摆脱石油麻烦。
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？
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？
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。
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。
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