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

• See also:When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off.brush-off

英英释义

verb

• bar from attention or consideration
  1. She dismissed his advances
  Synonym:dismissdisregardbrush asidediscountpush asideignore

双语例句

• Brush off the fuzz that has blown on.
  把被风吹上去的绒毛刷掉。
• They brush off the charges without any comment.
  他们不理不睬那指控，也未作任何解释。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• I really blew up when I heard that my girlfriend wants to brush me off.
  当我听说我的女朋友想甩掉我的时候，我真火了。
• They use small brooms to brush off snow caught in tiny holes.
  他们使用小笤帚刷掉钻在作品缝隙中的雪屑。
• When Mica Craig reached down to brush off what he thought was a stick of mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand, Reuters reported.
  在华盛顿州某沃尔玛超市园艺区购物时，47岁的麦卡·克雷格伸手要拂掉护根物上的一根枝条，没想到它却转头把毒牙嵌进了他的手掌。
• 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。
• I hate celebrities who brush off their fans.
  我不喜欢对歌迷不理不睬。