英语词组fob是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

fresh off the boat

Newly immigrated, especially without having yet assimilated the host country's language, culture, and/or behavior. My grandfather was still fresh off the boat when he opened up his business here in 1820, and he didn't speak a lick of English.

fob (someone or something) off on (someone or something)

1. To convince someone to buy something through some form of deceit. He's a rube, so we can definitely fob this piece of junk off on him.

2. To turn an unwanted person or thing over to someone else. Why are you fobbing Albert off on me? I don't want to spend time with that dullard any more than you do!

fob (someone or something) off

To evade or dupe someone or avoid some responsibility through some form of deceit. I didn't feel like working in the tutoring center today, so I fobbed my teacher off with the first excuse I could think of.

fob someone or something off (on or onto someone)

to get rid of someone or something by transferring someone or something to someone. Don't try to fob your girlfriend off on me! He also fobbed off a bad car on Jane. Some car dealers are always trying to fob something off.

fob off

1. Sell or dispose of goods by fraud or deception, as in They tried to fob off the zircon as a diamond. [c. 1600]

2. Put off or appease by deceitful means, as in We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises. [c. 1600]

fob off

1. To dispose of something by fraud or deception; palm off: The jeweler fobbed off the zircon as a diamond. The crook fobbed the broken computer off as functional.

2. To put someone off or appease someone by deceit or evasion: He wanted to go on a date, but she fobbed him off with excuses. The landlord fobbed off the tenants' complaints for another month.

FOB

mod. fresh off the boat; as gullible and trusting as a new immigrant. (Initialism. A play on the initials of Free on Board.) Where did you get those FOB shoes? Blue suede is back?

词组	fob
释义	FOB Theme: NAIVETE mod. “Fresh off the boat”; as gullible and trusting as a new immigrant. (Initialism. A play on the initials of “Free on Board.”) That new guy is really FOB. What a wimp!Where did you get those FOB shoes? Blue suede is back? fob noun a Samoan NEW ZEALAND, 1998 FOB 1. adjective 1 lazy, inefficient; flat on his behind US, 1955. 2 fresh off the boat. An initialism usually applied to recent immigrants, but in the usage of Hawaiian youth applied to visitors to the islands US, 1981 2. noun a foreign exchange student; an international student US, 1993 phrasefob[fobbed, fobbed, fobbing] fob off 1. fob off sb • fob sb off BrE to stop someone complaining or asking questions by giving them explanations, excuses etc that are not true: Come on, tell me the truth. I'm not going to be so easily fobbed off this time.fob sb off with sth Alan tried to fob her off with some story about losing her telephone number.2. fob off sb • fob sb off BrE to make someone accept something that is not as good as what they really wantfob sb off with sth Don't let them fob you off with some cheap imitation. People are much more selective about what they watch these days, and they don't want to be fobbed off with any old rubbish. fob off on/onto *fob sth* off on/onto sb • fob off sth on/onto sb** BrE to persuade someone to do or have something that you do not want to do or have yourself, especially by deceiving them in some way: She always tries to fob the worst jobs off onto me. fresh off the boat Newly immigrated, especially without having yet assimilated the host country's language, culture, and/or behavior. My grandfather was still fresh off the boat when he opened up his business here in 1820, and he didn't speak a lick of English. fob (someone or something) off on (someone or something) 1. To convince someone to buy something through some form of deceit. He's a rube, so we can definitely fob this piece of junk off on him. 2. To turn an unwanted person or thing over to someone else. Why are you fobbing Albert off on me? I don't want to spend time with that dullard any more than you do! fob (someone or something) off To evade or dupe someone or avoid some responsibility through some form of deceit. I didn't feel like working in the tutoring center today, so I fobbed my teacher off with the first excuse I could think of. fob someone or something off (on or onto someone) to get rid of someone or something by transferring someone or something to someone. Don't try to fob your girlfriend off on me! He also fobbed off a bad car on Jane. Some car dealers are always trying to fob something off. fob off 1. Sell or dispose of goods by fraud or deception, as in They tried to fob off the zircon as a diamond. [c. 1600] 2. Put off or appease by deceitful means, as in We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises. [c. 1600] fob off v. 1. To dispose of something by fraud or deception; palm off: The jeweler fobbed off the zircon as a diamond. The crook fobbed the broken computer off as functional. 2. To put someone off or appease someone by deceit or evasion: He wanted to go on a date, but she fobbed him off with excuses. The landlord fobbed off the tenants' complaints for another month. FOB mod. fresh off the boat; as gullible and trusting as a new immigrant. (Initialism. A play on the initials of Free on Board.) Where did you get those FOB shoes? Blue suede is back?
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