汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 搪塞
搪塞
to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge
应付;敷衍。
táng sāi/sè/sài
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

该怎么搪塞脸上的黄褐斑呢?

What can I do about my chloasma?

大多数发言人擅用“套话”来搪塞记者提问。

Most spokespeople are experts at doling out cut and dried answers to reporters' questions.

我问过她这件事,但她一味搪塞

I've asked her about it but she fobs me off.

我得出去一会儿,假如有人问起我在哪里,你能为我搪塞一下吗?

I have to go out for a minute—will you cover for me if anyone asks where I am?

我们可以有策略地通过回避、粉饰、搪塞或其他种种方法来圆谎,但是,请不要这么做。

We could talk for days about strategic avoidance, glossing over, side-stepping, and myriad other ways to re-frame a lie as something middling. Let’s not.

人的汗水中有一种抗微生物卵白质,能搪塞很多致病生物,譬喻大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌。

Human sweat contains an antimicrobial protein that ACTS against a wide range of pathogenic organisms, among them Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.