brush-off

英 [ˈbrʌʃ ɒf]

美 [ˈbrʌʃ ɔːf]

n.  漠视; 不理睬

牛津词典

noun

• 漠视；不理睬
  rude or unfriendly behaviour that shows that a person is not interested in sb
  1. Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she gave him the brush-off .
     保罗邀请塔拉外出吃饭，但遭到拒绝。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 不理睬；冷落
  If someone gives youthe brush-offwhen you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
  1. I wanted to keep in touch, but when I called him he gave me the brush-off.
     我想和他保持联系，但当我打电话给他时，他却不理睬我。

英英释义

noun

• a curt or disdainful rejection

双语例句

• I tried to speak to james, but he just gave me the brush-off.
  我试图和詹姆斯讲话，但他毫不客气地拒绝了我。
• Tina gave John the brush-off and refused to go to the concert with him.
  蒂娜不理睬约翰并拒绝同他一参加间乐会。
• I wanted to keep in touch, but when I called him he gave me the brush-off.
  我想和他保持联系，但当我打电话给他时，他却不理睬我。
• He was getting very offended because the girl he liked kept giving him the brush-off.
  他感到很恼火，因为他所喜欢的女孩老是对他很冷淡。
• Perhaps you spill your drink on someone, you arrive late for the big meeting because of traffic problems, or someone who you wanted to speak to gives you a cold brush-off.
  你可能不小心将饮料溅到别人身上，你可能由于交通堵塞而导致在重要会议上迟到，或者你想要与之交谈的某人冷漠地敷衍你等等。
• Detection of Telomerase Activity in Bronchoscopic Brush-off Samples in Patients with Lung Cancer
  肺癌纤维支气管镜刷检标本端粒酶活性检测
• The paper describes four types of fashion effects on leather finishing, namely, aniline effects, oil pull-up effect, brush-off effect and nacreous effect, in the aspects of their origination, basic principle and finishing operations, with illustration of formulations and finishing procedures.
  本文扼要介绍皮革整饰苯胺效应，油变效应，擦色效应和珠光效应四则时尚效应的大致由来，基本原理和加工要旨，并列举工艺配方，操作示例。
• Give Him the Brush-Off Make 2013 the year to finally tend to your pet's dental hygiene.
  让2013年成为注意宠物口腔卫生之年吧。
• The wrong is the person brush-off of the high grade position to eliminate, the bar transportation.
  错的是高等级位置上的人拒绝淘汰，阻碍交通。
• And in a complete reversal the disinterested, shy or bashful look sideways a woman often gives is not the brush-off most men thought it was.
  女人经常会漠然或害羞地看向一边，这根本不是大多数男人以为的在表示拒绝。