palm off

英 [pɑːm ɒf]

美 [pɑːm ɔːf]

硬塞; 骗卖

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 硬塞；骗卖
  If you say that someonehas palmedsomethingoff onyou, you feel annoyed because they have made you accept it although it is not valuable or is not your responsibility.
  1. I couldn't keep palming her off on friends...
     我不能总是把她硬塞给朋友们。
  2. Joseph made sure that he was never palmed off with inferior stuff.
     约瑟夫确保自己从不会被骗买一些次等原料。

英英释义

verb

• sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
  Synonym:foist offfob off

双语例句

• He tried to palm off his unwanted guest on the johnsons.
  他试图把不要的客人交给钟森家。
• Usage: Dispense proper amount onto palm or bath cotton, gently massage the whole body, then rinse off.
  用法：沐浴时取适量于手心或沐浴棉，轻轻按摩全身，然后冲洗干净。
• She tried to palm the painting off as a real Renoir.
  她试图用那幅画冒充雷诺阿原作出售。
• You're not going to palm me off with that excuse.
  你那个借口支不走我的。
• Governments are endorsing high leverage and guaranteeing huge parts of the financial system, so you get to keep the profits and palm off the losses on the taxpayer.
  各国政府赞同高杠杆和保障地区的庞大的金融体系，所以市场拥有利润就能减少纳税人的损失。
• It sits on her palm for a second, then jumps off and scuttles into the grass.
  它在她的掌上定了片刻，随后一跳，迅速地爬进草丛里。
• He tried to palm me off with some excuse about the bus is late.
  他托词公共汽车晚点骗我原谅他。
• That writer could attempt to palm off an inferior and immature production under the cover of one successful effort.
  一个作者，想方设法在一部成功作品的掩护下，把自己低劣、粗糙的作品推销出去。
• The salesman tried to palm us off with some shop-soiled shirts.
  售货员想用一些陈旧的衬衫来欺骗我们。
• McNamee and Bono's faith in Elevation has paid off, as its2009 investment in Facebook helped erase memories of its gambles on Palm and Forbes.
  麦克纳米和博诺对高地风投的信心收到了回报，2009年该公司对Facebook的投资极为成功，抹去了先前押宝Palm和福布斯（Forbes）的不愉快回忆。