转弯抹角

词组短语

beat around the bush · prunes and prism · cast a compass · full of twists and turns

与转弯抹角相关的网络例句 [注：此内容来源于网络，仅供参考]

Then the brutal minions of the law fell upon the hapless Toad; loaded him with chains, and dragged him from the Court House, shrieking, praying, protesting; across the marketplace, where the playful populace, always as severe upon detected crime as they are sympathetic and helpful when one is merely 'wanted,' assailed him with jeers, carrots, and popular catch-words; past hooting school children, their innocent faces lit up with the pleasure they ever derive from the sight of a gentleman in difficulties; across the hollow-sounding drawbridge, below the spiky portcullis, under the frowning archway of the grim old castle, whose ancient towers soared high overhead; past guardrooms full of grinning soldiery off duty, past sentries who coughed in a horrid, sarcastic way, because that is as much as a sentry on his post dare do to show his contempt and abhorrence of crime; up time-worn winding stairs, past men-at-arms in casquet and corselet of steel, darting threatening looks through their vizards; across courtyards, where mastiffs strained at their leash and pawed the air to get at him; past ancient warders, their halberds leant against the wall, dozing over a pasty and a flagon of brown ale; on and on, past the rack-chamber and the thumbscrew-room, past the turning that led to the private scaffold, till they reached the door of the grimmest dungeon that lay in the heart of the innermost keep.

随后，粗暴的狱吏们扑向倒霉的蟾蜍，给他戴上镣铐，拖出法庭。他一路尖叫，祈求，抗议。他被拖着经过市场。市场上那些游手好闲的公众，对通缉犯向来都表同情和提供援助，而对已确认的罪犯则向来是疾言厉色。他们纷纷向他投来嘲骂，扔胡萝卜，喊口号。他被拖着经过起哄的学童，他们每看到一位绅士陷入困境，天真的小脸上就露出喜滋滋的神色。他被拖着走过轧轧作响的吊桥，穿过布满铁钉的铁闸门，钻过狰狞的古堡里阴森可怖的拱道，古堡上的塔楼高耸入云；穿过挤满了下班士兵的警卫室，他们冲他咧嘴狞笑；经过发出嘲弄的咳嗽的哨兵，因为当班的哨兵只许这样来表示他们对罪犯的轻蔑和嫌恶；走上一段转弯抹角的古老石级，经过身着钢盔铁甲的武士，他们从盔里射出恐吓的目光；穿过院子，院里凶恶的猛犬把皮带绷得紧紧的，爪子向空中乱抓，要向他扑过来；经过年老的狱卒，他们把兵器斜靠在墙上，对着一个肉馅饼和一罐棕色的麦酒打瞌睡；走呀走呀，走过拉肢拷问室，夹指室，走过通向秘密断头台的拐角，一直走到监狱最深处那间最阴森的地牢门前。

Don't mince your words , will you ?

说话别转弯抹角，好吗？

She made an oblique reference to her own affairs.

她转弯抹角地提起她自身的事。

He has a whiny voice;there is something about the way he sits at his desk; and he answersquestions obliquely.

他总发出嘀嘀咕咕的声音，坐姿也有问题，而且，他回答问题爱转弯抹角。

Had a preference for circumlocutious rather than forthright expression; A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.

转弯抹角而不是直接表达的偏好；对陈腐的诗风作迂回冗长的研究，/让人仍然苦思冥想、无法忍受/让人仍然觉得废话连篇、诸多歧义。

When one has something to say, it's best to come to the point directly, instead of saying it in a round-about way .

一个人有话要讲的时候，最好就直截了当地讲出来，不要转弯抹角。

He is a former Olympic sharpshooter who enjoys Japanesecomic books and speaks with what some describe as a blunt style.

他曾经是奥林匹克神枪手，还喜欢日本漫画书，有人说，他说话从来不转弯抹角，而是直言不讳。

He will smooth it over, whereas you will hit straight from the shoulder.

他善于转弯抹角，而你只会单刀直入。

I want you to tell me straight out.

"别转弯抹角，我希望你直接告诉我。"

He threaded his way back to the ferry landing, found nobody at large there, and walked boldly on board the boat, for he knew she was tenantless except that there was a watchman, who always turned in and slept like a graven image.

他转弯抹角，回到了渡船码头，发现那里没人走动，就大胆地上了船。他知道船上只有一个守船的人，没别的人，而他总是睡觉，睡起觉来像个雕像一样。

与转弯抹角相关的网络解释 [注：此内容来源于网络，仅供参考]

to beat around the bush：旁敲侧击,转弯抹角

to spill the beans 不慎泄密 | to beat around the bush 旁敲侧击,转弯抹角 | to cut corners 节约

Beating Around the Bush：转弯抹角

36. 为什么受伤的总是我们?Why Are We Mways the Ones Who Get Hurt? | 37. 转弯抹角Beating Around the Bush | 38. 圣诞节与文化入侵Christmas and the Cultural Invasion

Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech：直言的:说话率直的,不转弯抹角的

She went helter-skelter down the stairs. 她慌张地走下楼梯. | ⑵Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech: 直言的:说话率直的,不转弯抹角的: | a few blunt words 几句直言不讳的话

fish for：转弯抹角地引出;间接探听

I'll send the letter the fist thing in the morning. 我早上第一件事,就是把这封信寄出去. | fish for转弯抹角地引出;间接探听: | Mind you, they're here to fish for information. 当心,他们是来探听消息的.

Talent of Indirection：(转弯抹角)

Talent of Misunderstanding (误解的本领)、 | Talent of Indirection(转弯抹角)、 | Indifference to Comfort and Convenience(不讲究舒适和方便)、

prunes and prism：转弯抹角

escape by crafty scheme 金蝉脱壳 | prunes and prism 转弯抹角 | laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth 转喜为忧

mealymouthed：转弯抹角说的

mealy 粉状的 | mealybug 水蜡虫 | mealymouthed 转弯抹角说的

periphrase：转弯抹角地说

periphoria /旋向隐斜视/ | periphrase /转弯抹角地说/ | periphrasis /迂回说法/

twisty：转弯抹角的

twistsandturns 波折 | twisty 转弯抹角的 | twitterchirp 喳

cast a compass：兜圈子, 绕道, 转弯抹角, 扯得很远

cast a cloud upon | 在上投下一层暗影 | cast a compass | 兜圈子, 绕道, 转弯抹角, 扯得很远 | cast a damp over | 给泼冷水, 使沮丧