Run-around
n. 遁词，借口
📖 牛津释义
run-around
n (infml 口) (idm 习语) give sb/get the `run-around treat sb/be treated in a deceitful or evasive manner 欺骗、 瞒哄或搪塞某人[被欺骗、 瞒哄或搪塞]
He's been giving his wife the run-around, eg sleeping with other women. 他一直蒙蔽著妻子（如与别的女人发生性关系）.
🧩 词语组成解析
run
[rʌn]
vt.& vi. 跑;移动;（使）流动;
n. 奔跑;行程;放映期;一系列;
vi. （工作等）进行;延续;逃跑;行驶;
vt. 使奔跑;使…快速移动;运行，经营;划;
adj. 融化的;浇铸的;跑的筋疲力尽的;
around
[ə'raʊnd]
adv. 大约;旋转;到处，四处;在周围;
prep. 围绕;在附近;前后，左右;在…周围;
🗣️ 情景例句
And you're living with your children now? In New York?
你现在跟你的孩子们一起住在New York对吗？
Sickness shows us what we are.
疾病使人亮出本来面目。
A page from a student's diary
学生日记一则