单词 | brush off |
释义 | brush off (once / 7787 pages) v WORD FAMILY brush off: brushed off, brushes off, brushing off USAGE EXAMPLESStafford brushed off the injury, saying “I felt pretty good.” Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) Garcon brushes off the consistency as “nothing to think about, nothing to worry about” because it’s his job. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) Controversial televangelist Pat Robertson repeatedly defended Trump during the general election, brushing off Trump’s comments in the Access Hollywood tape as “macho talk.” Salon(Dec 15, 2016) v bar from attention or consideration Syn|Hypo|Hyper brush aside, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside cold-shoulder, slight pay no attention to, disrespect discreditcause to be distrusted or disbelieved shrug offminimize the importance of, brush aside pass offdisregard flout, scofftreat with contemptuous disregard turn a blind eyerefuse to acknowledge laugh away, laugh offdeal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it disobligeignore someone's wishes reject refuse to accept or acknowledge |
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