"kick into touch" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 搁置
• 推迟（计划或想法）

Definition

把项目、想法或问题搁置或推迟，通常是为了暂时不处理。常用来避免作出决定。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要是英式英语中的非正式表达，常用于商业或政治领域的计划或问题。类似于“搁置”。美式英语中不常见，通常暗示有人在回避处理某事。

Examples

The manager decided to kick into touch the new proposal.

经理决定将新提案**搁置**。

They want to kick into touch any talk about layoffs.

他们想**搁置**关于裁员的任何讨论。

The committee chose to kick into touch the controversial issue.

委员会选择将有争议的问题**搁置**。

We'd better just kick into touch the plan for now and focus on something else.

我们还是先**搁置**这个计划，专注于别的事情吧。

Every time a tough question comes up, they just kick it into touch.

每次遇到棘手问题，他们就**搁置**不管。

The government has kicked into touch the idea of raising taxes this year.

政府今年已经**搁置**了加税的想法。