輕鬆日記商務職場篇 第224期:搪塞

核心句型：
Don't give me the runaround again.
別再拿話搪塞我了。
give someone the runaround 是一句比較流行的美式習慣用語，單看runaround是由run和around組合而來，可聯想爲“領着別人到處跑”，進而引申爲“迴避，搪塞”，所以這個短語的意思是：“敷衍塞責，搪塞某人”。因此，當美國人說"Don't give me the runaround again."時，他/她要表達的意思就是:"Don't stall me off with such unreasonable excuses."、"Don't just pay lip-service to me."。
情景對白：
Client: Just tell me when your company will pay off the project money. Don't give me the runaround again.
客戶：直接告訴我你們公司什麼時候付清工程尾款吧。別再拿話搪塞我了。
Lisa: Sorry, our boss is not here now.
利薩：抱歉，我們老闆現在不在。
搭配句積累：
①I want to know exactly the delivery time.
我想要知道交貨的確切時間。
②We will arrange for you as soon as possible.
我們會盡快爲你安排。
③I just want to know whether you agree or disagree.
我只想知道你到底同意不同意。
④Once more, I want to return this instrument. Can I?
再說一遍，我想退掉這臺儀器。行不行？
單詞：
runaround n. 迴避，搪塞
Well, getting a runaround is a symptom of a problem.
好吧，得到藉口是有問題的徵兆。
It irks her to think of the runaround she received.
一想到對她的推諉她就有氣。
Otherwise, they'll think that you're blowing them off or giving them the runaround.
否則，他們可能會覺得你是不是在迴避他們。