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trot out objtrot obj out v adv [M]-tt- disapproving to state (an idea, opinion or fact, esp. one that has been stated often before or is foolish)动不动就提出You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this matter with you.每当我试图和你讨论这件事时，你动辄便提出那个论据。Whenever I ask him why his essay's late he just trots out the same old excuses.每当我问他为什么迟交作文时，他总是老一套的借口。When a person is trotted out they are sent to appear in public in order to represent or defend an idea or opinion.使出现在公众面前（做代表或捍卫某种观点）Whenever the President is in difficulties, her spokesman is trotted out to face the press.每当总统处于困境中时，她的发言人就被推出来面对新闻界。Cigarette companies are always trotting out their experts to try and prove that smoking isn't dangerous.烟草公司总是让他们的专家出面来试图证明吸烟并不危险。
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