汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 拖泥带水
拖泥带水 (拖泥帶水)
lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy
It is a metaphor of speaking and doing things not simply
在泥泞的道路上行走的样子。比喻说话不干脆,做事不爽快他办事像一阵风,从不拖泥带水。
tuō ní/nì () dài shuǐ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

办事要利落,不要拖泥带水

Do things neatly, not sloppily.

拖泥带水的销售归咎于谨慎的心理。

Draggy sales are attributed to a psychology of caution.

他的包裹就在不远处的地板上,拖泥带水

His rucksack lay on the floor a short distance away, wet and muddy.

干脆、利落、迅捷,丝毫没有拖泥带水的痕迹,这是理查德森的扣篮。

Clear-cut, agile, fast, there is not a messy trace at all, this is dunking shot of Richardson.

喜欢一个人,不该像一朵花掉在泥塘里,不但拖泥带水,眼角含泪,而且还让自己化作了尘灰。

If you like someone, it's not like a flower falling to the musky ground, not even loathsome, not a tear in the corner of the eye, but letting yourself transform into dust ash.