pussyfoot

权威英汉双解

to be careful or anxious about expressing your opinion in case you upset sb

英汉释义

• v.

  1.〈美俚〉偷偷地走,轻轻地走;抱骑墙态度

• adj.

  1.〈美俚〉骑墙的;主张绝对禁酒的

• n.

  1.抱骑墙态度的政治家

  2.禁酒主义者

  3.潜行者

英英释义

• v.

  1.to avoid saying or doing anything definite because you are nervous and do not know what to do

英汉例句

• 1.Her pinions pussyfoot around the contradiction or pedantically try to harmonize the notion of radical and banal evil.

  她的信徒小心翼翼地围绕这个矛盾或者学究式地试图协调极端和平庸的罪恶。

• 2.The moral behind this cover is, "If you are going to use a negative image, don't pussyfoot around, do it with conviction. "

  这期封面告诉我们，“如果你打算使用负面图像，不要谨小慎微，只管放心地去用。”

• 3.South Korea, which has an altogether sturdier economy than Vietnam, does not have to pussyfoot around to the same extent.

  韩国经济总体上比越南更强健，不必如此谨慎地行事。

• 4.Analysts believe it is too worried about winning upper-house elections next summer to do anything but pussyfoot on economic policy.

  分析家认为正是出于对明年夏季的国会选举太过担心，以至于除了在经济政策上谨言慎行外，任何事情也不能做。