避而不谈

[bì ér bù tán]

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Definition:
AllAll,keep from talking aboutkeep from talking about,draw a veil overdraw a veil over,keep silent about the matterkeep silent about the matter,dodgedodge
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1.
I asked Jack for his political views, but he said he preferred to hold aloof .
我问起杰克的政治观点，他说他宁愿避而不谈。
wǒ wèn qǐ jié kè de zhèng zhì guān diǎn , tā shuō tā nìng yuàn bì ér bù tán 。
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2.
A question of pride. He finally just wandered home. Still a bit of a sore point. We try not to speak about it. Except in public.
骄傲作祟。他终于回到家来了之后，就留了这么个软肋。我们都避而不谈，除非在公众场合。
jiāo ào zuò suì 。 tā zhōng yú huí dào jiā lái le zhī hòu , jiù liú le zhè me ge ruǎn lèi 。 wǒ men dōu bì ér bù tán , chú fēi zài gōng zhòng chǎng hé 。
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3.
She answered his questions - the children, her job, her parents - but always skirted round the main issue.
她回答了他的问题-孩子、她的工作、她的家人-但总是避而不谈关键问题。
tā huí dá le tā de wèn tí - hái zi 、 tā de gōng zuò 、 tā de jiā rén - dàn zǒng shì bì ér bù tán guān jiàn wèn tí 。
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4.
If Rust Belt residents notice the irony of inviting Japanese investors back to revive their former colony, they're not saying it out loud.
通过日本投资商来重振曾经被日本殖民过的土地，即便铁锈地带的居民意识到这里面的讽刺意味，也都避而不谈。
tōng guò rì běn tóu zī shāng lái chóng zhèn céng jīng bèi rì běn zhí mín guò de tǔ dì , jí biàn tiě xiù dì dài de jū mín yì shí dào zhè lǐ miàn dī fěng cì yì wèi , yě dōu bì ér bù tán 。
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5.
But that's not the only time that Malik shot his mouth off about bin Laden.
但是这已经不是马利克第一次对于本拉登话题避而不谈。
dàn shì zhè yǐ jīng bú shì mǎ lì kè dì yī cì duì yú běn lā dēng huà tí bì ér bù tán 。
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6.
On one occasion, I tried to get her to say something about her husband, but she clammed up at that.
有时，我打算要她说出些她丈夫的情况，但她对此避而不谈。
yǒu shí , wǒ dǎ suàn yào tā shuō chū xiē tā zhàng fu de qíng kuàng , dàn tā duì cǐ bì ér bù tán 。
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7.
In conversation, it is evident that she chooses gracefully to evade the categories imposed upon her by her captors.
谈话中，很显然她选择了优雅地避而不谈那些她的囚禁者们强加给她的主题。
tán huà zhōng , hěn xiǎn rán tā xuǎn zé le yōu yǎ de bì ér bù tán nà xiē tā de qiú jìn zhě men qiáng jiā gěi tā de zhǔ tí 。
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8.
But in the dire circumstances of the day, it is surely better to have the big disagreements out in the open than buried.
但在当前的严峻形势下，将主要分歧公开，显然要强于避而不谈。
dàn zài dāng qián de yán jùn xíng shì xià , jiāng zhǔ yào fēn qí gōng kāi , xiǎn rán yào qiáng yú bì ér bù tán 。
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9.
The notion that there could also be some down sides to a wholesale government takeover of America's big banks is given short shrift.
而对于政府大范围接管美国的大型银行可能会带来的负面影响则通通避而不谈。
ér duì yú zhèng fǔ dà fàn wéi jiē guǎn měi guó de dà xíng yín háng kě néng huì dài lái de fù miàn yǐng xiǎng zé tōng tōng bì ér bù tán 。
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10.
With a general election looming, the government ducked the issue, leaving it to a proposed new commission to be convened after the election.
大选在即，政府对此避而不谈，把这一问题留给选后才成立的委员会。
dà xuǎn zài jí , zhèng fǔ duì cǐ bì ér bù tán , bǎ zhè yī wèn tí liú gěi xuǎn hòu cái chéng lì de wěi yuán huì 。
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