But your wife didn't beg off.

但你妻子并没有请求退出。

" To beg off" means to decide not to do what you were going to do.

“beg off” 意思是决定不做你打算做的事。

Leaving a note for Franz begging off from supper, he walked through the countryside to the tram station.

留下一张字条让弗朗茨告别晚饭，他穿过乡间走到电车站。

The last time we talked, I said I would think about partnering up, but now that I have, I'm going to beg off.

上次我们谈的时候， 我说我会考虑合作，但现在我已经考虑了， 我要放弃了。

Even Little Will begs off from his morning's work and goes to the hammock for squirrels or to the Creek edge for ducks or coots.

就连 Little Will 也放弃了他早上的工作， 去吊床上捉松鼠， 或者去溪边捉鸭子或白顶鸭。