let someone off the hook
基本解釋
- 讓某人免於責(zé)難
英漢例句
- In English, to let someone off the hook means to free them from an obligation.
在英語裡，讓某人脫身的意思就是使他們擺脫某種職責(zé)。 - From the giver's point of view, once someone has let you off the hook in this way, you should feel no pressure to contribute.
從出錢人的角度來看，如果有人讓你自作決定而不讓你爲(wèi)難，你便不會感到有壓力了。 - In fact, the independent counsel law let Congress (and the media) off the hook with this Administration -- someone else was doing the investigating.
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