quits
quits
adjective
call it quits
adjective
- [predic.](of two people) on even terms, especially because a debt or score has been settled
（两人因偿清债务而）对等的，抵消的
I think we're just about quits now, don't you?.
我认为我们现在基本两清了，对吗？。
call it quits
- agree or acknowledge that terms are now equal, especially on the settlement of a debt
（尤指偿清债务后）同意（或承认）对等（或抵消）
take this cheque and we'll call it quits.
你拿着这张支票，我们就两清了。
■decide to abandon an activity or venture
决定放弃活动（或冒险)，决定退出
surely, after covering eleven wars, he could be forgiven for calling it quits?.
他在经历11场战争之后决定退出是可以谅解的，对吧？。
- 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)
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