off the record

基本解釋

Nearly every conversation with him is off the record.
幾乎每一次與他的對(duì)話(huà)都是非正式的。
They were all expansive on the topic, and all wanted to stay off the record, for fear of offending people in Washington.
他們對(duì)這個(gè)主題都侃侃而談，希望與記錄保持距離，擔(dān)心得罪華府的人。
And there was a fourth case study, totally off the record, one that Wayne carried in his guts like a latex glove full of broken, bloody glass.
其實(shí)還有件事，完全沒(méi)有記錄在案，但是一想起來(lái)就令懷恩感到胃不舒服，好比一衹橡膠手套裡裝滿(mǎn)了血淋淋的碎玻璃。

In an off-the-record comment, President Barack Obama called Kanye West a "jackass."

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If someone says something off the record, they do not want it to be publicly reported.