Janet invited LaToya to a recording studio in Minneapolis last week in an attempt to end the three-year silence between the pair.珍妮特上周邀请拉托亚去明尼阿波利斯的一处录音棚，试图和昔日的搭档在断绝来往三年后重新恢复联系。She realized that he was trying to cut her off from her friends.她意识到，他是想让她和朋友断绝来往。Quite deliberately, she cut herself off from the rest of the family.她故意与家人断绝来往。You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors.你不能因为谣言就和一个老朋友断绝来往。