"拐彎抹角"的大總結
英語中有一系列的說法來表達"拐彎抹角,搪塞"這層意思......今天我們就來小小地總結下^^
beat about/around the bush: to avoid or delay talking about something embarrassing or unpleasant 拐彎抹角地說,繞圈子
Don't beat around the bush. Tell me exactly what you think is wrong with my work.
別拐彎抹角的了,直接告訴我你認爲我的工作有什麼不對的.
注:英式英語用beat about the bush, 而美式則是beat around the bush.
Roundabout: not done or said using the shortest, simplest or most direct way possible 迂迴的;間接的;兜圈子的
一般是和way或者fashion搭配, a roundabout way/fashion.
He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
他拐彎抹角地對我們說他想走了.
前面提到的2種說法比較非正式,下面的適用於正式,書面場合.
Prevaricate: to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth 支吾搪塞;閃爍其詞;吞吞吐吐
Stop prevaricating and come to the point.
別吞吞吐吐的,有話快說吧.
equivocate: to talk about sth in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth (故意)含糊其詞,支吾,搪塞
