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拐弯抹角

[guǎi wān mò jiǎo]

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Definition:
AllAll,evasiveevasive,equivocateequivocate,beat around the bushbeat around the bush,beat about the bushbeat about the bush,Beating Around the BushBeating Around the Bush
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
words : This looks an awful lot like the beginning of a second Great Depression .
别拐弯抹角了：这看起来极像是第二次大萧条的前兆。
bié guǎi wān mò jiǎo le : zhè kàn qǐ lái jí xiàng shì dì èr cì dà xiāo tiáo de qián zhào 。
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2.
Don't beat around the bush! Tell me how much you want?
别拐弯抹角！告诉我你到底要多少钱？
bié guǎi wān mò jiǎo ! gào su wǒ nǐ dào dǐ yào duō shao qián ?
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3.
Telling me in different ways that even if I were to recover my memory , my life isn't one worth going back to .
拐弯抹角的示意我，就算我恢复了记忆，我这辈子也没什么值得骄傲的，根本不值得回想。
guǎi wān mò jiǎo de shì yì wǒ , jiù suàn wǒ huī fù le jì yì , wǒ zhè bèi zi yě méi shén me zhí de jiāo ào de , gēn běn bù zhí de huí xiǎng 。
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4.
I am not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush, so I am going to tell you why I don't like this plan.
我不是一个喜欢拐弯抹角的人，所以我会直接地告诉你我不喜欢这个计划的原因。
wǒ bú shì yī gè xǐ huan guǎi wān mò jiǎo de rén , suǒ yǐ wǒ huì zhí jiē de gào su nǐ wǒ bù xǐ huan zhè ge jì huà de yuán yīn 。
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5.
He HAD this way of smiling at me, this way of tossing a backhanded compliment, letting me know he was proud of me and my achievements.
他有一种习惯的姿势，向我微笑，说一些拐弯抹角的赞扬话，让我知道，他为我和我的成绩感到骄傲。
tā yǒu yī zhǒng xí guàn de zī shì , xiàng wǒ wēi xiào , shuō yì xiē guǎi wān mò jiǎo de zàn yáng huà , ràng wǒ zhī dào , tā wèi wǒ hé wǒ de chéng jì gǎn dào jiāo ào 。
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6.
Nancy: Western people tend to be very direct, so this is something that's hard to understand, even when other Western people do it.
西方人大多不喜欢拐弯抹角，所以这种说法在西方有时会让人难以理解。
xī fāng rén dà duō bù xǐ huan guǎi wān mò jiǎo , suǒ yǐ zhè zhǒng shuō fǎ zài xī fāng yǒu shí huì ràng rén nán yǐ lǐ jiě 。
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7.
Don't beat around the bush. Tell me exactly what you think is wrong with my work.
别拐弯抹角的了，直接告诉我你认为我的工作有什么不对的。
bié guǎi wān mò jiǎo de le , zhí jiē gào su wǒ nǐ rèn wéi wǒ de gōng zuò yǒu shén me bú duì de 。
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8.
Harvard declined to comment on Saturday about the e-mail searches, but offered what appeared to be an oblique defense.
上周六，哈佛大学拒绝对搜查电子邮件一事置评，不过，学校似乎给出了一个拐弯抹角的辩解。
shàng zhōu liù , hā fó dà xué jù jué duì sōu chá diàn zǐ yóu jiàn yī shì zhì píng , bú guò , xué xiào sì hū gěi chū le yī gè guǎi wān mò jiǎo de biàn jiě 。
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9.
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。
wǒ běn xiǎng duì tā tǎn shuài , dàn yī dào jǐn yào guān tóu wǒ jiù kāi shǐ guǎi wān mò jiǎo 。
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10.
Don't beat around the bush. Ask for your account to be paid, and paid quickly.
不要拐弯抹角。直接要求还你的钱，而且要快点还。
bú yào guǎi wān mò jiǎo 。 zhí jiē yāo qiú huán nǐ de qián , ér qiě yào kuài diǎn hái 。
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