Vocab Bloom Hub

fob off

/fɒb ɒf/

翻译: 动词短语,指用劣质物品搪塞或欺骗某人,也指用借口打发、敷衍某人。

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词语关系

verb

/fɒb ɒf/C1formal
  • zh动词短语,指用劣质物品搪塞或欺骗某人,也指用借口打发、敷衍某人。

A phrasal verb meaning to deceive someone by giving them something of inferior quality or value, or to dismiss someone with an excuse.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词,可分

  1. Deceive or misleadinformal

    To try to make someone accept something of inferior quality or value by tricking them.

    zh欺骗或误导

    • The salesman tried to fob off a defective product on me.
    • She fobbed off the cheap imitation as a genuine antique.
    • Don't let them fob you off with excuses.

    同义词fobfoistpalm offpass off

    反义词deliverfulfillgivehonorofferpresentprovidesatisfy

  2. Avoid or dismissinformal

    To avoid dealing with someone or something by giving a false or inadequate response.

    zh敷衍搪塞

    • He fobbed off the reporter's questions with a vague statement.
    • The manager fobbed off the customer's complaint with a promise to call back.
    • She fobbed off her responsibilities onto her colleague.

    同义词brush offdismissevadeput offshrug off

    反义词acceptaddressconfrontengagehandleheedmeettackle

词形
  • fobbed off past participle
  • fobbed off past simple
  • fobbing off present participle
  • fobs off third person singular

基本动词fob

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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