dismiss sth. as not worth worrying about 輕視
You can't shrug off all your re sponsibilities onto other people. 你不能對你的職責置之不理,而全推到別人身上。
She just shrugged the whole matter off. 她對整個這件事不屑一顧。
Adam shrugged off our questions;he would not tell us what had hap pened. 亞當回避我們的問題,不願告訴我們發生了什麼事。