Brush aside

    置之不理

    SOHO中国董事长潘石屹和CEO张欣夫妇在哈佛设1500万美元奖学金资助在哈佛就读本科的“有资助需求”的中国学生。做善事却遭批评，夫妇俩对质疑的声音不予理会。请看本报昨日的报道：

    The real estate tycoon couple who founded SOHO China have brushed aside criticism of their donation to Harvard University by saying that it would be helping to fund only students from poor Chinese families.

    Zhang Xin, chief executive of SOHO China and her husband Pan Shiyi, the chairman, were caught up in controversy after they signed an agreement with the prestigious U.S. university to donate US$15 million to set up a "Soho China Scholarship" to help Chinese students study at Harvard.

    Some Internet users questioned why the couple, who set up the prime office development company in 1995, did not donate the money to Chinese universities and accused them of "forgetting their roots."

    报道中的brush aside就是“不予理睬”。