词汇 | string-along |
释义 | string someone alongphrasal verb with stringverb[ T ]uk /strɪŋ/ us /strɪŋ/strung | strung to deceive someone for a long time about what you are really intending to do: 长期哄骗(某人);敷衍(某人) She's been promising to pay back the money for six months, but I think she's just stringing me along.她6个月来一直答应说要还钱,但我猜她只不过是在敷衍我而已。 He strung her along for years, saying he'd marry her and divorce his wife.他哄了她有好几年,说他会和妻子离婚然后娶她。 Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel funny business game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp prankishly prankster pretext pretextual pull string someone along | American Dictionarystring someone alongphrasal verb with stringverb[ T ]us/strɪŋ/past tense and past participlestrungus/strʌŋ/ (ENCOURAGE)to falsely encourage someone to believe there is hope of a good result: He was stringing along a rep from one TV show while trying to book his client on a higher-rated program. string along somethingphrasal verb with stringverb[ T ]us/strɪŋ/past tense and past participlestrungus/strʌŋ/ (POSITION)to arrange things in a line: Occasional gas stations and small markets are strung along the roads. |
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