beat around the bush
常见例句
- So, don’t beat around the bush. Tell him what it is that you want.
所以不要柺彎抹角,告訴他你想要的。 - The other thing that often angers Rachelle, and we can't beat around the bush here, are allegations that she's a gold-digger.
還有一件事常常使蕾切爾感到惱火,在這裡直言不諱地說,就是有傳言說她是一個利用色相騙取錢財的女人。 - But very much aware, and afraid, of the animals’ sharp tusks, they much preferred to merely ‘beat around the bush’ a practice strongly disapproved of by their masters.
但是出於對野豬鋒利的長牙的警惕和恐懼,他們更喜歡繞著灌木“兜圈子”,嚴重違反了主人的指令。 - We're not going to beat around the bush here: this is one of the most exciting contests we've hosted in a long, long time, and you'll definitely want to enter.
ENGADGET: Giveaway: win an exclusive Atari 2600 with PC components! - In September, for example, Yarrow commented on a study proving that wine competitions generate inconsistent results, but in his own comments refused to beat around the bush, stating that a gold medal is no proof whatsoever that a wine will taste good.
FORBES: Wine - Ostensibly, the shift is to let customers count on a lone upgrade date for all of their connected devices, but let's not beat around the bush: the longer intervals are bad for any subscriber whose desire for a new phone or tablet doesn't perfectly dovetail with their contract length.
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