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单词 fob
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fob
noun[C]
uk
/fɒb/us
/fɑːb/
(alsokey fob)
apieceofleatheror othermaterialto which agroupofkeysisfastened:
There arebigfobs onhotelkeyssoguestsdon't take themhome.
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(alsokey fob)
anelectronicdeviceconnectedto akeythat is used tolockandunlocka car'sdoorsoroperateapieceofequipment:
Access iscontrolledbymeansof a fob.
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achainorpieceofmaterialused,especiallyin the past, tofastenawatchto a man'swaistcoat:
Heworeawaistcoatcompletewith apocketwatchon a fob.
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(Definition offobfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
fob
noun[C]
uk
/fɒb/us
/fɑːb/
apieceofleatheror othermaterialto which agroupofkeysisfastened, or achainorpieceofmaterialused,especiallyin the past, tofastenawatchto a man'swaistcoat
钥匙链；（尤指旧时的）怀表短链
akeyfob钥匙链
a fobwatch带表链的怀表

FOB| Business English

FOB
adjective,adverb
TRANSPORT,COMMERCE
uk
us
→free on board:
At the FOBpointtheriskoflosspassesfrom thesellerto thebuyer.
(Definition ofFOBfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffob

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It was originally destined for the growing mass of urban proletariat onto which was fobbed this industrial minimum of shallow folklore.
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We do not want to be fobbed off with an inadequate reply.
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We are fobbed off with the excuse that the landlord paid so many thousands for alterations and so on.
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It is no use fobbing us off with light-hearted statements about this.
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In the agricultural industry we have been fobbed off with marketing boards.
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We do not agree, and cannot agree, that this is a question which can be fobbed off in any way.
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We are fobbed off with tales about public taste, what the public will bear and what the public will stand for.
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Are we to be fobbed off without passing suggestions of this kind when we are dealing with a subject of this importance?
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Therefore, do not let us be fobbed off again.
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Is she aware that her answer today will be regarded as a merefoboff, as have all answers in the past eight years?
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Foboff the pensioners with the absolute legal minimum with which one can get away.
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We are not inclined to be "fobbed off" with an evasive reply.
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He has tried tofoboff these questions with generalities.
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But the craven consensus fobbed us off with trivial party sniping and phoney polarisation.
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Information onfobprices for specific destinations and details of transport arrangements and costs are not published for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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