"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。
And skinny people are not off the hook when it comes to the risks of sedentary behavior.
当谈到久坐行为的风险时,瘦小的人也不能幸免。
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。
Garrison's phones have been ringing off the hook since the house was put on the market on Friday.
这套豪宅于上周五开始出售后,加里森的电话都被打爆了。
Sorry, but the case that letting Banks off the hook would help the housing market just doesn't hold together.
对不起,不过说放银行一马有助于住房市场根本就站不住脚。
He didn't think of it as letting the VP off the hook.
他并不认为这是想让这位副总监脱离干系。
Jane: Thanks for your reminding. I am off the hook today.
简:谢谢你提醒,但我今天不用工作。
He left the phone off the hook so that he wouldn't be disturbed.
他不把电话听筒挂上,以免受到打扰。
If selling is an art, and I'm not an artist, then I'm off the hook, right?
如果销售是一门艺术,而我不是艺术家,那么就没我的事了,不是吗?
Still, Garcia insists, "the study doesn't let transgressors off the hook."
Garcia也强调,“这项研究并不是为出轨者脱罪。”
I don't think you'll get off the hook unless you correct the mistake yourself.
除非你自己纠正错误,否则我认为你无法摆脱目前的困境。
We almost sued the magazine for libel, but in the end we let them off the hook.
我们差点要控告这家杂志诽谤,但最后我们还是饶了他们。
The telephone has been ringing off the hook ever since the ad appeared in the paper.
广告在报纸上一经登出,电话就来个不断。
Let's hear some examples of how the expression 'to let someone off the hook' is used.
让我们听几个例子,看看“让某人脱离困境”这种说法是怎么用的。
I couldn't get any work done this morning because the phone kept ringing off the hook.
今天早上电话一直响个不停,我什么事都不能做。
While locals in the Czech Republic don't leave tips, that doesn't mean you're off the hook.
捷克当地人不支付小费,但这并不意味着你可以脱身。
Needless to say, countless people, like you, often are not willing to let the offender off the hook.
不用说,许多人就像你一样不愿让冒犯者逍遥无事。
The burp could, of course, have been provoked by the eruptions, so the volcanoes are not off the hook completely.
甲烷从海底的突然逸出也可能是由火山喷发引发的,因此火山活动对此也应该是有贡献的。
Tough, tough loss last night cause we really thought we let the Lakers off the hook and should have won that game.
昨晚我和我的兄弟们经历了一场痛苦的失利,我们本该赢得比赛,却最终被湖人队反败为胜。
While most of Ms Lagarde's to-do list applied to Europe and America, the big emerging economies were not let off the hook.
尽管拉加德列出的大部分举措适用于欧美国家,她也未让主要的新兴经济体袖手旁观。
Actually, I haven't left the studio for a while, Neil. I need to go and eat something. Could you let me off the hook please?
事实上,我已经有一会儿没离开过演播室了,尼尔。我需要出去,再吃点东西。你能让我脱身吗?拜托了。
So we may credit the achiever with brains, brawn or lucky break and let ourselves off the hook because we fall short in all three.
于是我们常会把别人的成就归功于人家脑子灵,身体壮或者运气好,而以我们不具备这三个条件为自己开脱。
At that point something wakes me up, so I'm off the hook. I lie in the dark and listen to my heart pound until I fall back to sleep.
就在这时我被惊醒了,就这样解脱了,躺在黑暗里听着自己的心跳,直到后来又沉沉睡去。
It's a funny thing. When you forgive yourself for your own mistakes, you automatically begin to let others off the hook for the same things.
这是很有趣的一件事。一旦你原谅自己的过错,就会自动不再追究别人同样的错误。
When you’re feeling down, you might be tempted to let yourself off the hook, to think, “I’ll allow myself to skip my run today, I need a break.”
当你情绪低落的时候,你可能会试图放纵自己,想着“今天就偷懒别去跑步吧,我需要休息”。
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?
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”。
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”。
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