brush somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto refuse to listen to someone or their ideas, especially by ignoring them or saying something rude 漠视,对...充耳不闻 Corman brushed off the accusations. 科尔曼对这些指责充耳不闻。
→ brush-offbrush off• It would have been much easier to just brush it off.• Scrub away any residue with water and a stiff brush.• The fact that he'd made love to her and then tried to brush her off.• I brushed it off and placed it in the center of my palm, where it looked tiny and fragile.• This is worth dwelling on, because those who brush quality off as unaffordable abound in the business world as well.• Somebody brushes sand off his drum, as trumpets ooze.• He did not bother to brush the dirt off his knees.• She brushed dust off the toe.
→ brush somebody/something ↔ off at brush2(PHRASAL VERB)