mealy-mouthed

单词mealy-mouthed

基本解释

adj.: 不直爽的；说话拐弯抹角的
网络: 油嘴滑舌；粉口

权威解释

• 不直爽的；说话拐弯抹角的:

  not willing or honest enough to speak in a direct or open way about what you really think

英汉解释

• 转弯抹角说的;油嘴滑舌的,会说话的

同义词

adj.diffidentrestrainedhypocriticalinsincereeuphemistic

反义词

adj.frank

例句

• If that sounded a bit mealy-mouthed, Mr Cameron was equally keen to denounce a second, older diplomatic tradition.

  倘若你认为卡梅隆的演讲听起来有些拐弯抹角，那他也同样渴望对那个备选的较老的外交传统进行抨击。

• Individual voices are brave. But Russia"s intelligentsia, which could be much freer than in the bad old days, is still mealy-mouthed.

  个人的勇敢执言仍不鲜见。虽然享有远较昔日充分的自由，俄罗斯知识分子仍显缄默。

• SCARLETT: Melanie Hamilton! She"s a pale-faced mealy -mouthed ninny and I hate her.

  斯佳丽：梅兰妮•汉密尔顿！那个脸色苍白，嘴巴紧闭的傻瓜，我讨厌她！

• America decries any wording, however mealy-mouthed, that could increase governments" control over content.

  美国谴责任何可能加强政府的对内容进行管制的措词，不管它经过了怎样的粉饰。

• Melanie Hamilton. She"s a pale - faced mealy-mouthed ninny and I hate her.

  梅兰妮·威尔克斯，那个面青唇白的傻瓜，我讨厌她！

• He is no mealy-mouthed politician. You can depend on what he says.

  他不是个油腔滑调的政客，他的话是值得信赖的。

• I never feel that that fellow is really sincere; he"s too mealy - mouthed.

  我从来没感到那个家伙是真心实意的，他太油滑了。

• A pale - faced, mealy-mouthed ninny, and I"ll hate her!

  那个脸色苍白，专会甜言蜜语的傻瓜……我讨厌她！

• The 22-member Arab League is in mealy-mouthed disarray;

  拥有22各成员国的阿拉伯联盟现在一片混乱、态度不明确；