beg off

1. Mother told Tom to sweep away the dead leaves in the yard, but he tried to beg off.
   妈妈要汤姆打扫庭院里的落叶，可他却极力请求别叫他干这件事。
2. My father is gone to London, and Jane has written to beg my uncle's immediate assistance, and we shall be off, I hope, in half an hour.
   我父亲到伦敦去了，吉英写信来，要舅父立刻回去帮忙，我希望我们在半个钟头之内就能动身。
3. I'm afraid I am going to have to beg off from your dinner invitation.
   我恐怕不得不请求原谅不能赴您的晚餐邀请了。
4. It would be so easy to tell Miss Tilney that you had just been reminded of a prior engagement, and must only beg to put off the walk till Tuesday.
   这容易得很，你就对蒂尔尼小姐说你刚想起先前的一次约会，只要求把散步推延到星期二。
5. Mother accepted an invitation to a dinner party, but a headache made her beg off.
   母亲接受了赴宴的邀请，但因头痛不能出席而请求谅解。
6. The night before the wedding, I decided to call my friends and beg off.
   在婚礼前的晚上，我决定借故推辞我朋友的邀请。
7. "I told you when you signed on for this that you were in it for the duration, and now you've come to me twice and tried to beg off!"
   “你签字就聘本案辩护律师时，我就对你说，你要从头干到尾，想不到你两次来找我想打退堂鼓！”
8. Maybe one day I'll have to beg a meal off you in Beijing.
   说不定以后我混不下去了到北京还得找你给我口饭吃。

verb

1. ask for permission to be released from an engagement

   Synonym:    excuse