汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 绝口不提
绝口不提 (絕口不提)
lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic) / to censor
() jué kǒu bù/bú tí/dī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

说得出口的伤痛都已平复,绝口不提的才触及心底。

Say the pain has calmed down, keep to touch my heart.

他的女儿已绝口不提之前曾要特赦父亲的誓言。

His daughter has played down an earlier pledge to seek an amnesty for him.

莱昂内尔的兄弟拉乌尔做了这件事,但莱昂内尔承担了责任而且对此绝口不提

His brother Raoul did it, but Leonel took the blame and kept his mouth shut.

两年前,时任英国首相的戈登·布朗绝口不提“削减支出”一词,托利党影子内阁财政大臣乔治·奥斯本发表演讲,明确指出“削减支出”势在必行。

Two years ago, when Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown was unable to mention the word "cuts", George Osborne, the Tories' shadow chancellor, made a speech saying they were inevitable.