汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 擋箭牌
擋箭牌 (挡箭牌)
shield / (fig.) excuse
〈名〉盾牌,比喻推托或掩饰的借口:你不想去就对他直说,别拿我做~。
() dǎng/dàng jiàn pái
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

教室立刻安静下来,英雄好汉们忙拿出“挡箭牌”——书。

Classroom immediately quiet down and come up with the heroic men were busy "shield" - book.

这种用壁垒作挡箭牌的做法只会加重经济危机。

Such retreats behind barriers will only make the economic crisis worse.

她把父亲和哥哥当成挡箭牌好让我有负罪感。

She used my father and brother as tools to make me feel guilty.

把美国消费者当做最后挡箭牌的其他国家可能会对这样的做法破口大骂。

That may lead to some nasty words from other countries used to relying on America as consumer-of-last-resort.

人行道上的行人挡箭牌,似乎从一开始的汽车和商店的橱窗,不屈不挠的眼楮樽刺眼。

The sidewalks seem emptier as pedestrians shield their eyes from the unrelenting glare off the cars and store windows.

另一个促使人们倾向于否定本性难移假设的因素是,这一概念经常被滥用,被当作大多数不人道行为的挡箭牌

Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed.