mealy-mouthed
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˌmiː.liˈmaʊðd/us/ˌmiː.liˈmaʊðd/notbraveenough to say what youmeandirectlyandhonestly:
不直爽的,说话转弯抹角的mealy-mouthedexcuses婉转的借口
a mealy-mouthedspokesperson说话转弯抹角的发言人
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil