English Dictionary

weasel out

動詞

前置詞ofを伴う 慣用表現 自動詞 頻度副詞 他動詞

(idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.) / (idiomatic, transitive) To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）責任や義務を回避する、免れる、逃げ出す。 / （他動詞）ずる賢い手法で何かを入手または引き出す。

He tried to weasel out of his share of the project at the last minute.

彼は土壇場でプロジェクトの自分の担当を逃れようとした。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, intransitive, often followed by of) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.)

With the costs of Desert Shield likely to double, Congress fumes at those allies who seem to be weaseling out of their pledges to help.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, transitive) To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods.

In an effort to ingratiate himself with the 1968 Nixon campaign, Kissinger offered inside tips that he had weaseled out of friends privy to the Johnson Administration's talks with the North Vietnamese.

weasels out （ present singular third-person ）

weaseling out （ participle present ）

weaselling out （ participle present ）

weaseled out （ participle past ）

weaseled out （ past ）

weaselled out （ participle past ）

weaselled out （ past ）