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人们在拐弯抹角地讨论这件事。People talked about it obliquely.

有话直说。我讨厌拐弯抹角。Talk truly. I hate to beat around the bush.

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他总是拐弯抹角地求我办事。He always asks me favors in a roundabout way.

“现在是决策之前的环境,”他拐弯抹角的说。"It's a pre-decisional situation, " he says obliquely.

别拐弯抹角地解释了,告诉我究竟发生了什么。Don't beat the bushes ,tell me what the earth happened.

他知道自己的工作有哪些要求,而且他从不拐弯抹角。He knows what his job requires and he calls it the way he sees it.

所以不要拐弯抹角,告诉他你想要的。So, don’t beat around the bush. Tell him what it is that you want.

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或者通过某种拐弯抹角的逻辑漏洞草草掠过问题。Or it burrowed through the problem by some circuitous loophole of logic.

他拼命想得到奥比万的承认,并且拐弯抹角地想得到评议会的认可。He desperately wants Obi-Wan's approval and indirectly, that of the Council.

这样就拐弯抹角的回答了前面关于宇宙未来的疑问。This answers the questions about the future of the universe in a indirect way.

从最好的方面看,这种想法是对精明的老年消费者拐弯抹角的赞扬。At its best, the idea is a backhanded compliment to discerning older consumers.

假装谦虚往往就是信口开河,有时候简直是拐弯抹角的自夸。Pretend modesty often is nonsense, sometimes just is the beat around the bush boast.

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合作原则未能解释人们为何要拐弯抹角地说话。Cooperating the principle can not explain people why want to talk in a round-about way.

美国人说话喜欢直抒胸臆,尽快入题,不会拐弯抹角。Americans talk like their poems, as soon as possible into the topic, won't beat around the bush.

我们还将看到,在什么情况下应该避免跟孩子谈论死亡,什么时候又该单刀直入,避免拐弯抹角。We’ll also tell you when not to talk to your child about death and the euphemisms you should avoid.

他说,“这就是在拐弯抹角地说,我们可以通过你的IP地址找到你在哪里。"It's a long-winded way of saying we can figure out where you are through your IP address," he said.

他在会议当中花了一个小时拐弯抹角,我不喜欢。我宁愿有话直说。He spent about one hour beating around the bush in the meeting. I don't like it. I prefer talking directly.

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当电影情节沿着一条漫长而拐弯抹角路线展开时,正如很多海员会跟你讲的那样,“明星”是航行中最必不可少的。When a plot takes a long, tortuous route, then—as any mariner will tell you—stars are essential for navigation.

在写文章时,不要把坏消息夹在毫不相关、拐弯抹角或过度铺垫的开头和结尾中间。When you write, avoid sandwiching the bad news between an irrelevant, indirect, or overly cushioned beginning and end.

Voitenko现藏身伊斯坦布尔,他说那人毫不拐弯抹角地告诉他“那些人都出来报仇了”。Speaking from Istanbul, where he is now in hiding, Voitenko said he was bluntly informed that these "guys are out for revenge.