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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 backphrasal 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 sthphrasal 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 sthphrasal 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 INFORMALphrasal 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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