"fob off" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 搪塞
• 打發

Definition

用搪塞、敷衍或給些沒價值的東西來避免處理某人或某事。常用於想推卸麻煩或責任時。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式並略帶貶義，暗指逃避或有意敷衍。多見於“客戶”、“問題”或“投訴”情境，常用被動語態（如“我被搪塞了”）。和“brush off”不同，“fob off”有欺瞞或給沒用東西的意思。

Examples

The manager tried to fob off the customer with another excuse.

經理試圖用另一個藉口**搪塞**客戶。

Don't let them fob off your complaint.

別讓他們**搪塞**你的投訴。

I won't let you fob off your chores on me.

我不會讓你把家務**推給**我。

He tried to fob off old products as new.

他試圖把舊產品當新貨**忽悠**人。

The support team just fobbed me off with a generic reply.

客服只是用一條通用回覆**敷衍**了我。

My boss always tries to fob off extra work onto me.

老闆總想把額外的工作**推給**我。