take a rain check

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date).
  2. In social interactions, to request a deferred invitation, as a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable. figuratively
    — I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a rain check?

词形变化

takes a rain check present,singular,third-person taking a rain check participle,present took a rain check past taken a rain check participle,past take a raincheck alternative
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