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fob off objfob obj off v adv [M]to persuade someone to accept something that is of a low quality or different to what he or she really wanted欺骗，搪塞If I decide I don't like an expensive piece of clothing that I've bought I can usually fob it off on one of my daughters as a birthday present.假如我认定自己对刚买的昂贵衣物不喜欢，我常常能将它当作生日礼物送给我的某一个女儿。My niece wanted me to take her to the zoo but I managed to fob her off with an afternoon in the park.我侄女想让我带她去动物园，然而我设法诳她去公园里玩了一下午了事。Well, he wants the report ready by tomorrow but I can always fob him off with some excuse.嗯，他想明天要那个报告，但我总能找个借口搪塞他。
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