take a rain check
用作动词的意思: (因故不能出席而)改期或推迟约定的约会或邀请
用法及例句:
Thanks awfully, Syl, but we're booked that night,and will have to take a rain check.西尔,非常感谢你的邀请,可是那天晚上我们另有约会,只好改期再领情了。
We'll take a rain check on that dinner.我们一定改天应邀赴宴。
英汉词典参考:
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