| 词汇 | pussyfooted |
| 释义 | pussyfooted past simple and past participle ofpussyfoot pussyfoot verb[ I ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/ us /ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/ to avoid making a decision or expressing an opinion because you are uncertain or frightened about doing so: 优柔寡断，缩手缩脚，畏首畏尾 Stop pussyfooting around/about and tell me what you really think.别再吞吞吐吐的了，告诉我你的真实想法。 Hesitating backward broken English dilly-dally dither ditherer foot halting haltingly hang hang back have a foot in both campsidiom haw hesitant hesitantly hesitate hesitatingly hesitation hum sit sit on the fenceidiom Examples of pussyfootedpussyfooted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We have pussyfooted on that issue for far too long. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Surely we are not going to be so delicate or pussyfooted as all that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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