bàn lùi

Thân thiện

Anh ấy cứ bàn lùi mãi việc đi du lịch vì sợ tốn kém.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To argue to refuse (to do something): To present reasons or objections in order to avoid or decline a task, request, or suggestion.
   • To argue somebody out of doing something: To persuade someone not to do something by presenting counterarguments.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy luôn tìm cách bàn lùi khi được giao việc khó. (He always finds a way to argue his way out when assigned a difficult task.)
  • Cô ấy cố bàn lùi việc tham dự buổi họp. (She tried to argue her way out of attending the meeting.)
  • Tôi định đi, nhưng bạn tôi bàn lùi. (I intended to go, but my friend argued me out of it.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a deliberate, sometimes evasive, effort to negotiate one's way out of an obligation or commitment through discussion or debate.

Variants and Related Words

• Bàn bạc (v): To discuss, to deliberate (a more neutral term for discussion without the connotation of refusal).
• Từ chối (v): To refuse, to decline (a more direct term for refusal without the element of argument).

Synonyms

• To talk one's way out of: To use persuasive speech to avoid something.
• To weasel out of: To avoid a responsibility in a cunning or deceitful way (informal, carries a negative connotation).
• To dissuade: To persuade someone not to take a particular course of action.

Related Idioms

• Cãi lý để trốn việc: To argue for the sake of shirking work (a descriptive phrase with similar meaning).

Học thuật

1. Argue to refuse (to do something); argue somebody out of doing something