take French leave

基本解釋

Why did you take French leave yesterday?
昨天怎么沒(méi)打招呼就離開(kāi)辦公室??？
It is delightful to see them budding yet not regretful when they take French leave. For it is the progressive norm of life and nature.
人們高興于花的開(kāi)放，卻不會(huì)為其開(kāi)過(guò)謝了而遺憾，因?yàn)槟鞘巧倪M(jìn)展，自然的法則。
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But as I was certain I should not be allowed to leave the enclosure, my only plan was to take French leave, and slip out when nobody was watching;
不過(guò)我當(dāng)時(shí)知道，他們決不允許我走出木寨，而我唯一的辦法就是不辭而別，趁沒(méi)有人注意的時(shí)候溜走。