汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 语焉不详
语焉不详 (語焉不詳)
to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
Means that although it is mentioned, it is not detailed
说得不详细。焉﹐语助词。语本唐韩愈《原道》﹕"荀与扬也﹐择焉而不精﹐语焉而不详。"
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他没什么时间自省,而且语焉不详

But there is little time for introspection, and not much detail.

在第一阶段的选举中,两位候选人均对各自的施政细节语焉不详

Neither provided voters much detail in the first phase of campaigning.

社的更新说明一如既往的语焉不详,0.39.0的更新说明是这么说的。

Niantic patch notes have always been terribly uninformative. Here's what the 0.39.0 patch note said.

上周唐宁街语焉不详地公布对约翰爵士的任命——含蓄简约地表示他“重回”军情六处。

Sir John's appointment was announced by Downing Street last month in a statement with only the merest hint of intrigue - a coy reference, without elaboration, to his "rejoining" MI6.

的确,乐师们要遵循一系列的乐谱,这些谱子又叙述了某个语焉不详的故事,或者至少是某次心灵情感的旅行。

Sure, the musicians follow a set score, which in turn follows a vague narrative, or at least an emotional journey.

有没有收到过爱慕者发来的短信,可是语焉不详、不明就里、令你抓狂,你都开始怀念起情书和月下情歌的日子,那时一切都顺理成章。

Have you ever received a text from someone you fancy which was so ambiguous, so annoyingly unclear you yearned for the days when love letters and serenading were the done thing?

更令人担心的是,盖特纳先生的语焉不详,万一是因为连他自己都不敢肯定该做什么,不敢下死决心,不敢向国会要求足够的资金,那可怎么办?

More worrying still is the chance that Mr Geithner's vagueness comes from doubt about what to do, a reluctance to take tough decisions, and a timidity about asking Congress for enough cash.

判决也没有接受这些正在被调查的事件太微不足道或太语焉不详以至在英格兰不构成犯罪行为的观点(此项“两国共认罪”检验是欧洲逮捕令的中心要素)。

Nor did it accept that the events being investigated were too minor, or too poorly described, to be an offence in England too (this “dual criminality” test is a central feature of the EAW).