brush sb. off

1. 解词释义

Brush sb. off表示“不理睬某人”“漠视某人”，多用于非正式场合。用连字符将brush和off连在一起就变成了名词，即：brush-off。这样的话，就产生了一个意思和它一样的习语：give sb. a brush-off。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she brushed him off .

保罗邀请塔拉外出吃饭，但遭到拒绝。

e.g. He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I brushed him 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。

e.g. 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。