被家人逼著去相親，為了能盡快脫身，你提前跟好友商量好，讓他/她在15分鐘后給你打電話，然后你就可以佯裝有急事提前離開(kāi)了。這樣的事情有多少人經(jīng)歷過(guò)呢？在英語(yǔ)中，這樣的電話叫escape call。

Escape call is a planned call or beep from a co-worker that allows you to feign an emergency in order to escape a particularly boring or meaningless meeting, or from a friend that helps you escape from an unsatisfying, even embarrassing blind date.

Escape call就是無(wú)聊會(huì)議期間接到事先安排好的同事來(lái)電，好讓你佯裝出緊急狀況逃離那個(gè)會(huì)議；或是相親過(guò)程中朋友打來(lái)將你從尷尬約會(huì)中救出的那通電話，我們統(tǒng)稱為“解困來(lái)電”。

Reasons for the call can be various, such as a neighbor calling about a leaky pipe; a mother informing that a sister just had a baby; or a boss saying he needs help immediately.

這種解困電話編出的由頭很多，可以是假裝鄰居打來(lái)說(shuō)你家水管漏水了，假裝你媽媽來(lái)電說(shuō)你姐姐生小孩了，或是假裝老板來(lái)電要你立即趕過(guò)去幫忙等等。

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