beat about the bush

英汉释义

• na.

  1.旁敲侧击

  2.拨打草丛搜索猎物;旁敲侧击的刺探人意

英英释义

• un.

  1.to discuss a subject without coming to the point

  2.to spend a long time getting to the main point of what you are saying, especially because it is embarrassing

  3.not to speak in a straight way;not come to the point

英汉例句

• 1.I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush.

  我本想对他坦率，但一到紧要关头我就开始拐弯抹角。

• 2.of answering my question he began to beat about the bush.

  他不回答我的问题而是在不着边际地兜圈子。

• 3.Eg. Instead of answering my question he began to beat about the bush.

  他不回答我的问题，反而开始绕起圈子来。

• 4.Don't beat about the bush! Out with it! What do you want?

  别拐弯抹角了，说吧，你到底想干什么？

• 5.Eg. He beat about the bush for half an hour without coming to the point.

  他不着正题，绕了半小时的弯子。

• 6.If you've got bad news, don't beat about the bush, come straight to the point.

  如果你得到了坏消息，不要转弯抹角，直截了当地对我说。

• 7.Don't beat about the bush. Come straight to the point.

  不要绕圈子，直截了当地说吧。

• 8.If you've got bad news, don't beat about the bush, just let me know.

  如果是个坏消息，不要转弯抹角，告诉我吧。

• 9.I wish you would answer my questions more directly. Don't beat about the bush so much.

  我希望你直截了当地回答我的问题，别老是这样拐弯抹角。

• 10.However, the courtesy that the way expresses feels difficult to flatter that Americans " beat about the bush " to this kind.

  然而，美国人对这类“转弯抹角”方式表达的礼貌觉得难以恭维。