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 me off with some excuse about the bus is late.
  他托词公共汽车晚点骗我原谅他。
• 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。
• He tried to palm off his old computer on me.
  他极力怂恿我买他的旧电脑。
• Palm oneself off as a Marxist
  把自己冒充为马克思主义者
• 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。
• 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。
• You're not going to palm me off with that excuse.
  你那个借口支不走我的。
• 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。
• I couldn't keep palming her off on friends
  我不能总是把她硬塞给朋友们。
• It was crooked of me to palm off the tale on you.
  用这套假话骗你，是我不老实。