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This is a weasel. These wild animals are small and tricky:

这是鼬鼠 这种野生动物又小又精明：

Wow, Anna. Looks like you could use some help. Let me carry that.

哇 安娜 看来你需要些帮助啊 我来帮你拿吧

Thanks, Jonathan. I can always count on you. Jessica, not so much.

谢谢你 乔纳森 你总是很靠谱 杰西卡就不行了

She weaseled out of helping you again, didn't she?

她又找借口不想帮你了 是吧？

Yeah, she did. She's a weasel.

是的 她就像鼬鼠

To "weasel out" of something means to successfully avoid doing something in a dishonest or clever way.

"weasel out"某事是指用不诚实或比较精明的方式成功避免做某事

This phrasal verb has a mostly negative meaning.

这个动词词组多半带有贬义色彩

You can also call someone a "weasel," like Anna did.

你也可以像安娜那样直接说某人是“鼬鼠”

Some animals just have a bad reputation...

有些动物的就是声名狼藉

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