Vocab Bloom Hub

palm off

/pɑːm ɒf/

翻译: 动词短语,指用欺骗或说服的手段把低劣或无价值的东西硬塞给别人,让人接受。

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词语关系

verb

/pɑːm ɒf/C1formal
  • zh动词短语,指用欺骗或说服的手段把低劣或无价值的东西硬塞给别人,让人接受。

A phrasal verb meaning to deceive someone by making them accept something of little value or of poor quality, often by persuasion or trickery.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词,可分

  1. Deceive by selling or givinginformal

    To get rid of something unwanted by tricking someone into accepting it, often by pretending it is valuable.

    zh骗售

    • He tried to palm off a fake watch as a genuine Rolex.
    • The salesman palmed off the defective product on an unsuspecting customer.
    • She palmed off her old furniture as antique pieces.

    同义词fob offfoistoffloadpass offunload

  2. Pass responsibilityinformal

    To shift an unwanted task, duty, or blame onto someone else.

    zh推卸责任

    • He palmed off the difficult assignment onto his junior colleague.
    • She tried to palm off the blame for the mistake on her teammate.
    • The manager palmed off the tedious paperwork to the intern.

    同义词fob offfoistoffloadshunt

词形
  • palmed off past participle
  • palmed off past simple
  • palming off present participle
  • palms off third person singular

基本动词palm

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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