The committee brushed off his enquiries with meaningless promises.是什么意思？

The committee brushed off his enquiries with meaningless promises.

委员会用毫无意义的许诺来搪塞他的要求。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

committee

n. 委员会；

例句
His ideas should be more advanced by the time the Committee meets in Edinburgh in October.
到委员会10月份在爱丁堡开会时，他的观点应该更为成熟了。

brushed

adj. （布）非常柔软的，起绒的；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

off

prep. 从…落下，离开，从…去掉，下班；adv. 离开，距，离，被取消，下班；adj. 不新鲜的，不能接受，不礼

例句
He eased his foot off the accelerator.
他松开了油门。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

Enquiries

n. 询问（ enquiry的名词复数 ），调查，查询，问讯处；

例句
He would rebuff enquiries in such a way as to preclude any further discussion.
他会断然拒绝询问，使得无法进行进一步的讨论。

with

prep. 和，跟，随着，关于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端着托盘进来了。

meaningless

adj. 无意义的，无价值的，“meaning”的派生，无谓；

例句
He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.
他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。

promises

n.& v. 承诺，允诺；n. 承诺( promise的名词复数 )，获得成功的迹象，吉兆；v. 允诺( promise的第三人称单数 )，答应，有…希望，预示；

例句
The candidate stands accused of breaking promises even before he's in office...
该候选人还未上任就遭指责违背诺言。