quits
adjective /kwɪts/
/kwɪts/
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘freed from a liability or debt’): perhaps a colloquial abbreviation of medieval Latin quittus, from Latin quietus, used as a receipt (see quietus).
Idioms Idioms
be quits (with somebody)
- (informal) when two people are quits, they do not owe each other anything, especially money
互不相欠;两清;两讫 - I'll give you £5 and then we're quits.
我给你 5 英镑,那样我们就两清了。
- I'll give you £5 and then we're quits.
call it quits (informal)
- to agree to end a contest, argument, etc. because both sides seem equal
Topics Discussion and agreementc2(因势均力敌)同意停止比赛(或争论等) - to decide to stop doing something
决定停止
double or quits (British English)
(North American English double or nothing)
- (in gambling
) a risk in which you could win twice the amount you pay, or you could lose all your money赌博 要么赢双倍,要么输得精光