| 词汇 | skirting |
| 释义 | skirting present participle ofskirt skirt verb[ T, I+ prep ] uk /skɜːt/ us /skɝːt/(alsoskirt around, UK alsoskirt round) to go around the edge of something: 位于…的边缘;环绕…的四周;沿…的边缘走 Take the road which skirts (round) the town, not the one which goes through it.沿镇边的那条路走，不要走穿过镇子的那条路。 to avoid discussing a subject or problem, usually because there are difficulties that you do not want to deal with: 避开，绕开（某话题或问题） The government has been accused of skirting round the issue of torture.政府受到指责，称其避而不谈虐待疑犯的问题。 Moving in order to avoid contact avoid avoid something like the plagueidiom avoidance bypass circumnavigate dodge duck and dodge (something)idiom duck and weaveidiom evasive action evasively evasiveness fall jump parry shrug shrug away skirt steer steer clear of someone/somethingidiom weave You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Edges & extremities of objects Digressing and being indirect or evasive Examples of skirtingskirting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The dark wooden panelling on the walls rises only to the height of the first-floor skirting. Before reaching the barrier all the ticks retreated, 17 skirting completely round the liquid. No skirting boards spoil the sheer walls, and the doors run from floor to ceiling. Such rare conditions free up the author to dwell on significant points while elliptically skirting around the material between them (material which can, after all, be had elsewhere). One could not pull out the central heating pipes like spaghetti from under the floor or round the skirting boards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people do this by skirting around the law by watching via satellite broadcasters from their own country. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is also only skirting the edges of the problem if we do not relate industrial training to manpower policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One bit of skirting board was nailed to a gas pipe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The plumber came and knocked off the picture rail and the skirting board, and wiped the joints. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use skirting round this question; it has to be faced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to find something much more meaningful than what we are skirting round now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use our skirting round the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That point of order is skirting a point of order, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is time for them to stop skirting around the vital issue and legislate to make the closed shop illegal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that we are skirting round that question. 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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