| 单词 | ↑Digressing and being indirect or evasive |
| 释义 | ↑Digressing and being indirect or evasive Digressing and being indirect or evasive — Thesaurus+: LEVEL 4 SL ↑♯ Digressing and being indirect or evasive (131) in total 1. a few well-chosen words ⇒ ↑a few well-chosen words 2. a man/woman of few words ⇒ ↑a man/woman of few words 3. abrupt adjective (UNFRIENDLY) ⇒ ↑abrupt :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 4. avoid sth like the plague ⇒ ↑avoid sth like the plague 5. avoid verb [T] ⇒ ↑avoid :: 2 × Preventing and impeding :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Limiting and restricting :: 2 × Laziness and lazy people :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive :: 2 × Avoiding action 6. avoidance noun [U] ⇒ ↑avoidance 7. beat around the bush (UK ALSO beat about the bush) ⇒ ↑beat around the bush 8. brevity noun [U] ⇒ ↑brevity 9. brief adjective (SHORT IN TIME) ⇒ ↑brief :: 2 × Temporary :: 2 × Short in time 10. briefly adverb (FEW WORDS) ⇒ ↑briefly 11. bypass verb [T] ⇒ ↑bypass 12. circumlocution noun [C or U] FORMAL ⇒ ↑circumlocution 13. circumnavigate verb [T] (AVOID) ⇒ ↑circumnavigate 14. concise adjective ⇒ ↑concise 15. crisp adjective MAINLY APPROVING (CLEAR) ⇒ ↑crisp 16. curt adjective DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑curt :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 17. digress verb [I] ⇒ ↑digress 18. discursive adjective ⇒ ↑discursive 19. dodge verb ⇒ ↑dodge 20. duck verb ⇒ ↑duck :: 3 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 3 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 21. elliptical adjective FORMAL (LANGUAGE) ⇒ ↑elliptical 22. equivocate verb [I] FORMAL ⇒ ↑equivocate 23. euphemism noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑euphemism :: 2 × Polite and respectful 24. evasive adjective ⇒ ↑evasive :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 25. fall back — phrasal verb with fall verb ⇒ ↑fall back 26. get on to/onto sth (SUBJECT) — phrasal verb with get verb ⇒ ↑get on to/onto sth 27. gloss over sth — phrasal verb with gloss verb [T] ⇒ ↑gloss over sth 28. gnomic adjective FORMAL ⇒ ↑gnomic 29. go (all) round the houses UK ⇒ ↑go (all) round the houses 30. go/fly off at a tangent UK (US go off on a tangent) ⇒ ↑go/fly off at a tangent 31. has the cat got your tongue? INFORMAL ⇒ ↑has the cat got your tongue? 32. hedge verb ⇒ ↑hedge 33. implicit adjective (SUGGESTED) ⇒ ↑implicit 34. indirect adjective (NOT OBVIOUS) ⇒ ↑indirect 35. jump verb (MOVE ILLEGALLY) ⇒ ↑jump 36. laconic adjective FORMAL ⇒ ↑laconic 37. meander verb [I] (NO PURPOSE) ⇒ ↑meander 38. mincing adjective (SPEECH) ⇒ ↑mincing 39. monosyllabic adjective DISAPPROVING (PERSON) ⇒ ↑monosyllabic 40. move off sth/on (to sth) — phrasal verb with move verb ⇒ ↑move off sth/on (to sth) 41. not say boo ⇒ ↑not say boo :: 2 × Anxious and worried 42. not waste words ⇒ ↑not waste words 43. obfuscate verb [T] FORMAL ⇒ ↑obfuscate 44. oblique adjective (NOT DIRECT) ⇒ ↑oblique 45. obscure verb [T] ⇒ ↑obscure 46. parry verb [T] ⇒ ↑parry :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 47. pithy adjective (SHORT) ⇒ ↑pithy 48. preamble noun ⇒ ↑preamble 49. prevaricate verb [I] FORMAL ⇒ ↑prevaricate 50. quiet adjective ⇒ ↑quiet 51. quietly adverb ⇒ ↑quietly 52. reticent adjective FORMAL ⇒ ↑reticent 53. roundabout adjective ⇒ ↑roundabout 54. sanitize DISAPPROVING (UK USUALLY sanitise) verb [T] (CHANGE) ⇒ ↑sanitize 55. short adjective (TIME) ⇒ ↑short 56. sidestep verb [I or T] ⇒ ↑sidestep :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 57. skirt verb [T, I + prep] (ALSO skirt around/round) ⇒ ↑skirt :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 58. steer clear of sb/sth ⇒ ↑steer clear of sb/sth 59. stray verb [I] ⇒ ↑stray 60. subdued adjective (MOOD) ⇒ ↑subdued 61. succinct adjective APPROVING ⇒ ↑succinct 62. suggestion noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑suggestion 63. tacit adjective ⇒ ↑tacit 64. taciturn adjective ⇒ ↑taciturn 65. talk round/around sth — phrasal verb with talk verb [I] ⇒ ↑talk round/around sth 66. taut adjective LITERARY (WRITING/SPEECH) ⇒ ↑taut 67. terse adjective ⇒ ↑terse :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 68. tiptoe round/around sth/sb INFORMAL — phrasal verb with tiptoe verb [I usually + adv/prep] ⇒ ↑tiptoe round/around sth/sb 69. underlying adjective [before noun] (NOT OBVIOUS) ⇒ ↑underlying 70. unspoken adjective ⇒ ↑unspoken 71. veiled adjective ⇒ ↑veiled 72. walls have ears SAYING ⇒ ↑walls have ears 73. wander verb (SUBJECT) ⇒ ↑wander 74. ˌmealy-ˈmouthed adjective DISAPPROVING ⇒ ↑mealy-mouthed 75. draw a veil over sth LITERARY ⇒ ↑draw a veil over sth 76. draw a veil over sth LITERARY ⇒ ↑veil 77. evade the issue, question, etc. ⇒ ↑evade the issue, question, etc. 78. evade the issue, question, etc. ⇒ ↑evade 79. get off the track ⇒ ↑get off the track 80. get off the track ⇒ ↑track 81. in brief ⇒ ↑brief 82. in brief ⇒ ↑in brief 83. steer/stay/keep clear ⇒ ↑clear 84. steer/stay/keep clear ⇒ ↑steer/stay/keep clear 85. abruptly adverb ⇒ ↑abrupt :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 86. abruptly adverb ⇒ ↑abruptly :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 87. abruptness noun [U] ⇒ ↑abrupt :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 88. abruptness noun [U] ⇒ ↑abruptness :: 3 × Not saying much :: 3 × Not being friendly :: 3 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 89. concisely adverb ⇒ ↑concise 90. concisely adverb ⇒ ↑concisely 91. crisply adverb ⇒ ↑crisp 92. crisply adverb ⇒ ↑crisply 93. crispness noun [U] ⇒ ↑crisp 94. crispness noun [U] ⇒ ↑crispness 95. curtly adverb ⇒ ↑curt :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 96. curtly adverb ⇒ ↑curtly :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 97. curtness noun [U] ⇒ ↑curt :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 98. curtness noun [U] ⇒ ↑curtness :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 99. digression noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑digress 100. digression noun [C or U] ⇒ ↑digression 101. equivocation noun [U] ⇒ ↑equivocate 102. equivocation noun [U] ⇒ ↑equivocation 103. euphemistic adjective ⇒ ↑euphemism :: 2 × Polite and respectful 104. euphemistic adjective ⇒ ↑euphemistic :: 2 × Polite and respectful 105. euphemistically adverb ⇒ ↑euphemism 106. euphemistically adverb ⇒ ↑euphemistically 107. evasively adverb ⇒ ↑evasive :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 108. evasively adverb ⇒ ↑evasively :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 109. evasiveness noun [U] ⇒ ↑evasive :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 110. evasiveness noun [U] ⇒ ↑evasiveness :: 2 × Moving in order to avoid contact :: 2 × Digressing and being indirect or evasive 111. obfuscation noun [U] ⇒ ↑obfuscate 112. obfuscation noun [U] ⇒ ↑obfuscation 113. obliquely adverb ⇒ ↑oblique 114. obliquely adverb ⇒ ↑obliquely 115. parry noun [C] ⇒ ↑parry 116. pithily adverb ⇒ ↑pithily 117. pithily adverb ⇒ ↑pithy 118. prevarication noun [U] ⇒ ↑prevaricate 119. prevarication noun [U] ⇒ ↑prevarication 120. reticence noun [U] ⇒ ↑reticence 121. reticence noun [U] ⇒ ↑reticent 122. succinctly adverb ⇒ ↑succinct 123. succinctly adverb ⇒ ↑succinctly 124. tacitly adverb ⇒ ↑tacit 125. tacitly adverb ⇒ ↑tacitly 126. tangential adjective ⇒ ↑tangent 127. tangential adjective ⇒ ↑tangential 128. tersely adverb ⇒ ↑terse :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 129. tersely adverb ⇒ ↑tersely :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 130. terseness noun [U] ⇒ ↑terse :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour 131. terseness noun [U] ⇒ ↑terseness :: 2 × Not saying much :: 2 × Not being friendly :: 2 × Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour |
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