pussyfooting

pussyfooting

美 [ˈpʊsiˌfʊt] 　英 ['pʊsi.fʊt]

• n.抱骑墙态度的政治家；禁酒主义者；潜行者
• adj.主张绝对禁酒的；〈美俚〉骑墙的
• v.轻轻地走；抱骑墙态度

词形变化

第三人称单数：pussyfoots  现在分词：pussyfooting  过去式：pussyfooted  

同义词

英汉解释

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

英英解释

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

例句

None of this pussyfooting around for a single duchy, Mongol Khans will settle for nothing less than everything.

蒙古可汗将定居看的高于一切，他们徘徊在不止一个单一公国的周边。

if it was worth cleaning them out , he did not understand all the pussyfooting about the american role.

如果拔掉他们有价值的话，他无法理解为什么在美国作用问题上要那么观望不前。

Black people are fed up with the dillydallying, pussyfooting, compromising approach that we've been using toward getting our freedom.

黑人们已经厌烦了磨蹭、偷偷走路和妥协的方法，以至于我能够有利的获得自由。

Stop pussyfooting around and say what you mean.

别那么缩手缩脚的，说说你到底是什么意思。

He calls their fight a "war" , rather than the pussyfooting "conflict" .

卡梅伦称他们的战斗是一场“战争”，而不是谨小慎微地将其叫做“冲突”。

Instead of pussyfooting around with coking coal, the west may one day address the most egregious imbalance of all.

与其在炼焦煤问题上纠缠，西方有朝一日也许会针对一切失衡中最大的失衡。

Being pussyfooting around in its approach to dead bodies, the Government is giving a kicking to some of the most vulnerable in our society.

政府对待尸体问题顾虑重重，给我们社会中最弱势的群体一个打击。