runaround 英 ['rʌnəraʊnd]   美 ['rʌnəraʊnd]

runaround

runaround  英 ['rʌnəraʊnd] 美 ['rʌnəraʊnd]

n. 回避;推诿;搪塞 

名词复数:runarounds 

When I tried to return my broken air conditioner, the store manager gave me the runaround. 当我想退会我那破空调的时候,商店老板却只是在故意搪塞我。
Many borrowers complain they get the runaround when they call their lenders for help, receive contradictory information from different employees and are required to repeatedly fax the same documents. 许多借款人抱怨说,他们向贷款机构寻求帮助,对方却只顾搪塞,不同雇员的说辞互相矛盾,同样的文件还要一再传真。

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  • n. 回避;推诿;搪塞
  • 1. When I tried to return my broken air conditioner, the store manager gave me the runaround.

    当我想退会我那破空调的时候,商店老板却只是在故意搪塞我。

  • 2. Many borrowers complain they get the runaround when they call their lenders for help, receive contradictory information from different employees and are required to repeatedly fax the same documents.

    许多借款人抱怨说,他们向贷款机构寻求帮助,对方却只顾搪塞,不同雇员的说辞互相矛盾,同样的文件还要一再传真。

  • 3. That's not acceptable. China needs to stop giving us the runaround and deliver real change. And if it refuses, it's time to talk about trade sanctions.

    这样的做法是无法接受的。中国得要停止转圈圈,实行真正的改变。如果他们拒绝,就考虑贸易制裁了。(声明:文中所述不代表译者观点。)

  • runaround (n.) also run-around, "deceptive, evasive treatment," 1915, from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + around (adv.).
run·around / ˈrʌnəraʊnd ; NAmE ˈrʌnəraʊnd / noun IDIOM give sb the ˈrunaround ( informal) to treat sb badly by not telling them the truth, or by not giving them the help or the information they need, and sending them somewhere else 隐瞒;搪塞;草草打发 run·around / ˈrʌnəraʊnd ; NAmE ˈrʌnəraʊnd /
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