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她转弯抹角地想要一张免费票。She always angles for a free ticket.

但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.

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说话率直的，不转弯抹角的。Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech.

告诉我重点，不要转弯抹角地说。Tell me the point, and don't beat around the bush.

如果你不寄给他们，他们说你说话总是转弯抹角！But if you don't , they say you are mealy-mouthed forever!

他们转弯抹角地从勒姆尔·斯特拉瑟斯太太开始谈起。They began, obliquely, by talking about Mrs. Lemuel Struthers.

我想他肯定是警察，他不断地转弯抹角地打听消息。I think he must be a policeman, he keeps fishing for information.

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他讲得很转弯抹角，我们难以摸透他的真正用意。He speaks in a roundabout way and no one knows what he is drive at.

有一天发生了一件事，很有一点转弯抹角的启发性。One day something happened which in a roundabout way was enlightening.

我希望你不要转弯抹角，快告诉我你到底想要什么。I wish you'd stop beating about the bush and tell me that you really want.

石渠转弯抹角，由西向东，渠底密铺黑色卵石。Shiqu tortuous, from west to east, drainage density Shop at the end of black gravel.

写文章不要转弯抹角，就是说要用尽可能少的词来阐明问题。To write in a straight line is to say something clearly in the fewest possible words.

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他讲得很转弯抹角，我们难以摸透他的真正用意。His beating around the bush manners of speaking has made it difficult for us to fathom his true intention.

一个人有话要讲的时候，最好就直截了当地讲出来，不要转弯抹角。When one has something to say, it's best to come to the point directly, instead of saying it in a round-about way.

说得明智点吧，可把它比作存在于拉丁地区和圣杰门的迂回曲折转弯抹角的迷宫。Compared to the maze of twists and turns that exists both in the Latin Quarter and the St Germain area, this is sanity.

我们并不把他对我的意见所表示的关心看得太认真，因为我们怀疑他只是想转弯抹角地获取选票。We did not take his expression of interest in our ideas too seriously, for we suspected he was merely angling for votes.

节贺卡在给当爸爸的带来一些开心笑话的同时却常常在转弯抹角向爸爸要钱花。Father's Day cards sport some pretty typical jokes, with the punch lines often asking Dad for money in one way or another.

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人们用右侧额叶损害他们经历困难，喜欢转弯抹角的闹剧幽默代替。People with damage to their right frontal lobe experience difficulty getting punch lines and prefer slapstick humor instead.

安灼拉出去侦察了一番，他从蒙德都巷子出去，转弯抹角地沿着墙走。Enjolras had been to make a reconnaissance. He had made his way out through Mondetour lane, gliding along close to the houses.

然而现在，由于我国渐进式的增长，去培养孩子，我已经清楚地看到她转弯抹角的态度有所改变。However now, a twist on her attitude towards me has clearly represented her changes to bring up child, owing to my gradual growth.