该短语是及物动词短语,结构为:
其中:
主语:通常是发起/执行搜索的人或机构(如警方、救援队、海岸警卫队等);
for sb/sth:可选,用于引出“搜寻的目标”(失踪的人、丢失的物品等);
可用于主动语态或被动语态(be called off)。
该短语多出现于紧急情况、救援行动或失踪案件中,当搜索无进展、找到目标或条件不允许继续时使用。以下是具体例句:
1、 主动语态(直接停止搜索)
The police called off the search for the missing child after three days without leads.
(警方在三天没有线索后,决定停止搜寻失踪儿童。)
When they found the missing dog safe, they immediately called off the search.
(当他们找到那只安全的失踪狗时,立刻停止了搜索。)
2、 带“搜寻目标”(for sb/sth)
The coast guard called off the search for the missing fisherman at dusk due to bad weather.
(由于天气恶劣,海岸警卫队在黄昏时停止了对失踪渔民的搜索。)
Rescuers have called off the search for the plane wreckage after a week of fruitless efforts.
(经过一周无果的努力,救援人员已停止搜寻飞机残骸。)
3、 被动语态(强调搜索被终止)
The search for the missing hiker was called off by the rescue team this morning.
(对失踪徒步旅行者的搜索今早被救援队取消了。)
The search operation has been called off because of the approaching storm.
(由于暴风雨即将来临,搜索行动已被停止。)
4、 省略重复的“search”(用it代替)
They started the search at dawn but had to call it off when the rain became too heavy.
(他们黎明开始搜索,但雨太大时不得不停止。)
近义词:cancel a search(更正式,侧重“取消”);end a search(侧重“结束”);
反义短语:start a search(开始搜索);resume a search(恢复搜索)。