mealy-mouthed 中文意思是什麼
mealy-mouthed
解釋
adj. 形容詞 轉彎抹角說的;油嘴滑舌的,會說話的。-
You ' d rather live with that silly little fool who can ' t open her mouth except to say " yes ", " no ", and raise a houseful of mealy - mouthed brats just like her
你寧願和那個只會說「是」的小傻瓜在一起然後生一堆象她那樣說話拐彎抹角的孩子! -
Don ' t be so mealy - mouthed, say what you mean
別這麼繞彎子了,有話直說吧 -
Whereas, as connie could see even from mrs bolton s gossip, the woman had been merely a mealy - mouthed sort, and the man angrily honest. but angry honesty made a bad man of him, and mealy - mouthedness made a nice woman of her, in the vicious, conventional channelling of sympathy by mrs bolton. for this reason, the gossip was humiliating
這種話常常不離她的口,因此康妮從波太太的閑話里,能夠看出婦人只是一個甜言蜜語的東西,男於是太忠厚的人,但是根據波太太那種錯誤的世俗的同情心的指引,太忠厚使一個男子成為「壞」人,而甜言蜜語使一個婦人成為「好」人。
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