to provide an excuse, idea, opinion, or fact, especially one that has been used often before or one that is silly

You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this with you. 每次我想与你讨论这件事的时候，你总是重复那一套说辞。

Whenever I ask him why his work is late, he just trots out the same old excuses. 每当我问他为什么迟交作业时，他总是用同样的借口解释。

to send someone to represent or defend your idea or opinion in public, in a boring and familiar way

Whenever the president is in trouble, her spokesman is trotted out to face the press. 每当总统处境困难时，她的发言人就被推出来面对新闻界。