Snow job
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📖 牛津释义
snow job
(infml 口 esp US), attempt at deception or persuasion by elaborate, often insincere, talk 花言巧语的欺骗或劝说
They're claiming that he's not guilty but that's just a snow job. 他们声称他无罪, 那只不过是遮人耳目而已.
🧩 词语组成解析
snow
[sno]
n. 雪，雪花;积雪;雪季;
vt. 使纷纷落下;使变白;下雪;被雪覆盖，被雪阻挡;
vi. 降雪;
job
[dʒɒb]
n. （一件）工作;职责;职业;（作为一个单元处理的）作业;
vt. 承包;代客买卖;
vi. 做零工;作包工;打杂;
🗣️ 情景例句
I don't.
我没打。
I'm very grateful to receive this award for Best Actress.
感谢授予我“最佳女演员奖”。
but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt.
孩子们只不过被吓得不敢让父母知道自己的想法罢了。