汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 装聋作哑
装聋作哑 (裝聾作啞)
to play deaf-mute
Pretend to be deaf and dumb / Refers to deliberately ignoring, just not knowing
假装没听见,不吭声他装聋作哑,妄图混过关去。
() zhuāng () lóng zuò () yǎ/yā
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我决定装聋作哑

I decided to play dumb.

这个男人冷酷,沉闷,阴郁,对幽默装聋作哑

The man is cold, brooding, sullen, deaf to humor.

他看到我的脸是外国的和立即装聋作哑

They see my foreign face and instantly become mute.

到目前为止,欧洲各国对于希腊及其他国家的问题反应各异,但不外乎拖延塞责和装聋作哑

So far, the official response to the problems in Greece and elsewhere has amounted to a variation on extend and pretend.

一些白人在电台谈话节目中对黑人在这起事件上装聋作哑、闭口不谈加以指责。他们说,当攻击性犯罪的受害者是白人时,黑人就采用双重标准。

And the deafing silence of blacks has drawn criticism on talk radio from some whites who say blacks have a double standard when victims of hate crime are whites.