词汇 | evasively |
释义 | evasively adverb uk /ɪˈveɪ.sɪv.li/ us /ɪˈveɪ.sɪv.li/ in a way that is not direct or clear, especially because you do not want to give an honest answer to a question: 回避地;推托地;闪烁其辞地 The president responded evasively. 总统的回答含糊其辞。 “I’m not sure of that,” he answered evasively.“我不确定,”他闪烁其辞地回答。 in a way that avoids something happening, especially something bad: 以躲避(或回避)的方式 If a car followed me, I'd drive evasively. 如果有车跟着我,我也会避让着开车。 He swerved evasively and sideswiped a parked car. 为了躲避,他突然转向,从侧面擦过一辆停着的汽车。 See evasive If I asked her about the notes she kept she answered evasively. She found that her questions were answered evasively by those she contacted. When a ship approaches, the blue whales slowly sink, rather than dive or swim evasively. An officer tried to stop a car that was being driven evasively. Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom hedging implicit mealy-mouthed obscure parry prevaricate stray tangent unexpressed unvoiced You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving in order to avoid contact |
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