例:Officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.
被指控受贿和贪污的官员无一例外总能脱身。
8.PHRASE If you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring. 未挂上
例:Id 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。
9.PHRASE If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly. 响个不停
例: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。
常见用法
用作名词
Please hang your coat on the hook.
请把你的外衣挂在钩上。
They took the phone off the hook so no calls would disturb them.
他们摘下电话听筒,以免电话打扰他们。
He smote his match to the ground with a left hook.
他以一记左钩拳把对手击倒在地。
用作动词
Please hook the rope over the nail.
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