东拉西扯

Perhaps that if they're goofing off, it's probably got something to do with sex.

或许是当在他们吊儿郎当东拉西扯时，说了些与性有关的东东吧。

He rambled like a man with his mouth full and nothing particular on his mind.

他东拉西扯，好像嘴里塞满了东西而脑中空空如也。

Stop waffling and answer the question.

别东拉西扯，快回答问题

This article lacks continuity ; the writer keeps jumping from one subject to another.

这篇文章缺乏连贯性，作者一味东拉西扯，格局无章。

Logical connection between parts of a sequence 连续性;持续性: This article lacks continuity; the writer keeps jumping from one subject to another.

这篇文章缺乏连贯性，作者一味东拉西扯，格局无章。

We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.

3我们离20世纪初期和二战前夕期间在英国发表的东拉西扯的报纸评论甚至更远，当时，新闻用纸非常便宜，而且时髦的文艺评论被认为是一种对刊登这种内容的出版物的装饰。

We are even farther removed from the discursive newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.

我们离20世纪初期和二战前夕期间在英国发表的东拉西扯的报纸评论甚至更远，当时，新闻用纸非常便宜，而且时髦的文艺评论被认为是一种对刊登这种内容的出版物的装饰。

She dislikes the disconnected ramblings of the old man.

她讨厌那老人东拉西扯的唠叨。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷