weasel out of
偷懒,矇混过关,躲避,逃避
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Definitions
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plural wea·sels, wea·sel.
- : any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- : any of various similar animals of the family Mustelidae.
- : a cunning, sneaky person.
- : a tracked vehicle resembling a tractor, used in snow.
- : Slang. an informer; stool pigeon.
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- : to evade an obligation, duty, or the like; renege: That's one invitation I'd like to weasel out of.
- : to use weasel words; be ambiguous; mislead: Upon cross-examination the witness began to weasel.
- : Slang. to inform.
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Examples
Note the weasel words (a term they do actually teach in law school): “affected community.”
In the usual weasel language: more observations were needed.
His mean face slowly resolved into a baffled, respectful expression, like that of a weasel facing a trap.
The Gold Weasel Medal goes to Marco Rubio, as others such as Tim Noah have noted.
I think the American people would like to hear Romney weasel around that one.
Courage, that a poor private carrying a musket has to spare of; that does not fail a weasel or a rat; that is a brutish faculty?
They have both been sometimes confounded with the weasel of Virginia, the genet, the musk-deer, and even with the hyna.
He is called the weasel armadillo, because his head is nearly of the same form as a weasel.
Then the father recollected his perjured vow, and his witnesses, the weasel and the well.
"They are following our people toward the lodges of the Ogalalas," Painted Weasel told him.