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

• I hate celebrities who brush off their fans.
  我不喜欢对歌迷不理不睬。
• 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。
• These guests were given a brush off.
  客人们受到了冷遇。
• 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。
• Still, many true believers will brush off the rattle and keep on believing.
  不过，许多真正信念坚定的投资者不会理睬这样的波折，依然会继续坚持己见。
• We get nervous or defensively brush off the kind words of others.
  我们会紧张或防御心地把善意的话摒弃。
• Brush off the fuzz that has blown on.
  把被风吹上去的绒毛刷掉。
• Don't brush me off saying that it is Buddhism!
  不要掠过我说它是佛教！
• Now if the sting is still in the skin and visible scrape or brush it off sideways.
  如果蜇刺仍然停留在皮肤中而且能够看的到，刮掉或者刷掉。
• 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。