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A weasel is a small animal with brown fur.
鼬鼠是一种小动物，它的毛是褐色的.FV3tIV5eNCL。
But weasel is also used to describe a person you cannot trust.
但是鼬鼠也可以用来指 你不能信任的人|gzq)hYg4t~rw。
Weasel Out of [Something]...
逃避做某事
Our work trip is coming up next week. Oh, I’m actually not going.
下周我们就要出差了Hfi3E79bZ3x。啊，其实我不去了bl+1QBq5C50*C3#。

What? But the boss said everyone has to go! How did you weasel out of it?
什么？但是老板说了大家都得去的！你是怎么摆脱我们不去出差的？
I told the boss that my 102 year old great-aunt is coming to town that weekend...
我跟老板说我102岁的姑姥姥下周要来镇上ZjTOGSpU93_H[V。z0I51SVqpw*cnc(3。wQ-Sa+8knO(pq[%B。
If you “weasel out of something,”you avoid doing something, usually by lying or persuading someone in a clever way.
如果你“逃避某件事”， 就是你避免去做某事，通常情况下你是靠撒谎或者用巧妙的方法劝说别人pqY4iT3k!==*~Xl8V.7t。
The word “weasel” acts like a verb in this expression.
在这个表达中，“weasel（鼬鼠）” 可以当作动词来看3B;l+&mlp0CI。
Jonathan probably weaseled out of going on the work trip by lying to his boss.
乔纳森避免去出差 很可能是因为他向老板撒谎了ywrRW)NC9)。
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