quits
美音:
[kwıts
]英音:
[kwıts
]adj.对等的,(因偿清债务或报复而)两相抵消的
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quits为短语/超纲词汇
quits
/kwɪts; kwɪts/
adj (idm 习语) be quits (with sb) be on even terms after a debt of money, etc has been repaid (因已偿清财物等)抵销的, 对等的
*Are we quits or do you still owe me a pound? 咱们是已经两相抵销了呢, 还是你仍欠我一镑呢? call it quits => call2. double or quits => double4.
quits
adj informal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: Probably from quit
'free of';
QUITE]
be quitsBrE if two people are quits, neither one owes anything to the other
=
straight I'll give you £10, and then we're quits.call it quitsa) to agree that a debt or argument is settled
Just give me $20 and we'll call it quits.b) to stop doing something
After twenty-five years as a teacher, he's decided to call it quits.