推脱

推卸；推辭。 ^[1] 

明·唐順之《與白伯倫儀部書》二：“蘇松皆缺正官，江南無一上司，吾若又推脱擔子，賊未必不登老岸矣。” ^[2] 

清·蒲松齡《牆頭記》第二回：“那邊找説在這裏，這裏又説在那邊，胡推脱安心把我騙。”

清 曹雪芹 《紅樓夢》第四四回：鳳姐也難推脱，只得喝了兩口。 ^[3] 

周而復《上海的早晨》第一部四：“朱暮堂濃眉一皺，生怕有啥意外，自己推脱不了責任。”

他辯稱路上人多而把遲到一事推脱得一乾二淨。 He explained away his late arrival by blaming it on the crowded roads.

...My son asks me to take him up ,I always put him off. 我的兒子叫我抱他，我總是推脱。（好一個不負責任的家長）

evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement. 為了避免無限制的聲明而用言語推脱。

They used an excuse to weasel out of the job 他們找了個藉口推脱掉這項差事

You should take the responsibility, don't want to let George do it. 你應該承擔做那件事，別想推脱責任。

The children actually provide a useful excuse to opt out of tasks which Ann is usually expected to assume. 孩子們實際上成了安推脱本該做的工作的最好藉口。

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract. 例如通過抬推脱等手段移動具體的實物；或轉移抽象的事物。 ^[1] 

推脱責任。