| 释义 |
talk around something
phrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/ us /tɑːk/
(UK alsotalk round)
to avoid speaking directly about something: 拐弯抹角地说
He just kept talking around the subject and didn't tackle the main issues.我觉得他只是不着边际地说了一通，没有涉及主要问题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
f-bomb
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
implicit
mealy-mouthed
obscure
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
unexpressed
unvoiced
talk sb around | Business English
talk sb around
phrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/us
(UK alsotalk sb round)
to persuade someone to agree with you or to do what you want, when they have previously been against it:
Some board members are opposed to the merger, but it may be possible to talk them round.
|