pass the buck

短语
大学

推卸责任,推委

发音

AU

词形变化

passed the buck passes the buck 三单 passes the buck passing the buck passing the buck 现在分词 passed the buck 过去式 passed the buck 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.

    推卸责任

    推诿

    习语 非正式

词源

May have originated with the game of poker, in which a marker or counter, frequently in frontier days a knife with a buckhorn handle, was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buckhorn" or "buck", as the marker came to be called, to the next player.

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