runaround

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++run·a·round /ˈrʌnəˌraʊnd/ noun  give somebody the runaround informalAVOID to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something 敷衍某人，对某人顾左右而言他〔尤当被某人要求做事时〕 Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. 每次我们要求房主修理屋顶，他就敷衍我们。 → run around at run1

Examples from the Corpus

runaround• Landowners who get caught up in this bureaucratic runaround receive no compensation for their economic loss as a result of wetland determination.

run·a·round nounChineseSyllable  

someone Corpus giving when a answer, to avoid especially definite deliberately

runaround
run‧a‧round /ˈrʌnəˌraʊnd/ noun
give somebody the runaround informal to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something:
    Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround.
⇨ run around at run¹

run·aroundBrE /ˈrʌnəraʊnd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrʌnəraʊnd/ 🔊 noun●give sb the ˈrunaround(informal) to treat sb badly by not telling them the truth, or by not giving them the help or the information they need, and sending them somewhere else 隐瞒；搪塞；草草打发