• n. 回避；推諉；搪塞

比喻用法。

runaround (n.)

also run-around, "deceptive, evasive treatment," 1915, from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + around (adv.).

1. I'm sick and tired of his getting me runaround.

我討厭他把我弄得暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向.

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2. LL: Li Hua , are you giving me the runaround?

看你說(shuō)的, 偶乍樣是在找借口呢偶看你有點(diǎn)多疑 吧 .

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3. Don't make me call a dozen times and get a runaround.

別讓我打十幾次電話也沒個(gè)結(jié)果.

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4. I asked him to lend me some money, but I got nothing except the runaround.

我跟他借錢, 他只是拿話搪塞卻分文未借.

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5. Don't give us the runaround. We'd just like to know whether you agree or not.

別拿話兒搪塞我們, 我們只是想知道你到底是同意還是不同意.

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