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brush off

/bruhsh-awf, -of/US // ˈbrʌʃˌɔf, -ˌɒf //UK // slang //

不予理会,不予理睬

Related Words

veto否决权,否决票,否决,反对票elimination消除,消灭,淘汰,取消repudiation休妻,退约,退货,拒绝接受exclusion排除,排除法,排斥,排除在外rejection拒绝,拒绝接受,反对,排斥affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为snub冷落,冷落了,冷落的,冷漠warfare战争,争斗,战事,战斗contest竞争,大赛,竞赛,比赛fray战场,战场上,战场上的,战士engagement订婚,订约,订婚仪式encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗action行动,采取行动,行动指南,行动上struggle奋斗,挣扎,斗争,奋斗目标skirmish小冲突,短兵相接,小规模冲突,小规模战斗war争夺战,争战,争斗,争夺战争conflict冲突,矛盾,冲突问题,矛盾冲突disapproval不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不认同rebuttal反驳,反驳的话,反驳意见,反证

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbignore
Synonyms
boycott抵制,抵制活动,抵制行动,抗议brush aside置之不理,放置在一边cold-shoulder冷肩,冷肩带,冷肩部,冷肩式contradict驳斥,抵触,违背,违背了cut切,切割,削减,割deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认disclaim免责声明,免责声明,卸任,免除dismiss驳回,遣散,辞退,罢免disown不承认,不认,不认得,不认账disregard漠视,不理会,不顾,漠不关心ostracize排斥,摒弃,排挤,排斥一切override覆盖,覆盖率,凌驾,推翻rebuff回绝,反驳,回击,拒绝refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受reject拒绝,拒绝接受,拒收,驳回repudiate辟谣,否认,推翻,辟邪scorn蔑视,轻视,不屑一顾,看不起send away送走,送走了,遣送,遣送走slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微snub冷落,冷落了,冷落的,冷漠spurn摒弃,吐弃,厌弃,吐sweep aside扫荡,扫除,撇开,扫除障碍

Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.

  • Her success increased her confidence in herself and enhanced the boldness and freedom with which she handled her brush.

  • Two or three small parties of guerrillas had been sighted, but they took to the brush at the sight of the Federals.

  • Grandfather Mole felt it brush his back as it swept into place again.

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