brush off
英 [ˈbrʌʃ ɒf]
美 [ˈbrʌʃ ɔːf]
刷掉，掸掉或拂掉（某物）; 〈口〉拒绝听，不理睬
柯林斯词典
英英释义
verb
- bar from attention or consideration
- She dismissed his advances
双语例句
- If Mr Sarkozy was perceived as successful, he could easily brush off such a scandal.
如果萨科齐被认为是成功的，他本应能轻松摆脱此类丑闻。 - When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off.
当我试图和她谈这件事时，她就是不理我。 - Investors tend to brush off jobless reports as what they call a lagging indicator.
投资者希望能摆脱失业报告，他们称之为迟缓的指示器。 - As we lay out on our towels talking, he would reach over sometimes and brush sand off my nose, or push a mutinying hair out of my face.
我们躺在毛巾上谈话时，有时他伸手过来拍去我鼻子上的沙，或拨去我脸上的乱发。 - I didn't expect her to brush us off like this.
我没有料到她会这样拒绝我们。 - The ever-affable Mr Zuma will no doubt manage to brush off any lasting diplomatic pique.
无疑，素来和蔼可亲的祖马会设法抹去任何外交上的长时间不满。 - Wal-Mart may be able to brush off its reputation woes, but it will not be able to dismiss its weak sales quite as easily.
沃尔玛或许能够对声誉危机置之不理，却很难对疲软的销量无动于衷。 - These guests were given a brush off.
客人们受到了冷遇。 - I started to try to forget the past and brush off the memory
我开始尝试着去遗忘过去，洗刷心中的记忆 - He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I gave him the brush off.
他已不止一次为难我，因此下次他求我帮助时，我也让他碰碰钉子。