pass the buck

意思

to make someone else deal with your responsibility

把自己的責任推給別人.

例句

1. 1The council passed the buck to the water company, and nothing was repaired.
2. 2Good managers do not pass the buck when a project goes wrong.
3. 3Every department passed the buck until the complaint was two months old.
4. 4Stop passing the buck and tell me who approved the order.
5. 5Was he passing the buck, or did he genuinely not know?

文法

只有 pass 變化形式。the buck 保持不變，用單數；接手的人跟在 to 之後。

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