A: Have you talked to your boyfriend about buying atable?
你跟你的男友谈了买桌子的事情吗?
B: Yes, but he just brushed it off as if it were onlymy business.
谈过了,但他只是轻轻带过,好像这事情只是我的事儿一样。
【解词释义】
Brush off的原意是“刷掉,刷掉, 掸掉, 拂掉”的意思。例如:Dust on the surface brushes off easily. (表面的灰尘容易掸掉。)Please brush this insect off.(请把这只虫掸掉。)在口语中,可以用来表示“拒绝,漠视,不理睬”等意思。
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