| 词汇 | pawn something ↔ off |
| 释义 | pawn something ↔ offpawn something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE a) informal to persuade someone to buy or accept something that you want to get rid of, especially something of low quality 卖掉〔某物，尤指质量不好的东西〕 on Don’t let him pawn off an old bike on you – get a new one. 别让他把破自行车卖给你，去买辆新的吧。 b) pawn somebody/something ↔ off as something to present something in a dishonest way 〔以不诚实的方式〕展现某人/某物 The tabloids often pawn off gossip and trivia as real news. 通俗小报经常把闲言碎语和鸡毛蒜皮的事当成真正新闻刊登出来。 Examples from the Corpus pawn off• I had thrown away my chances in life, pawned them off for a few cheap thrills. → pawn something ↔ off at pawn2(1) |
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