汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 閃爍其詞
閃爍其詞 (闪烁其词)
to speak evasively (idiom); beating about the bush
言语遮遮掩掩,吞吞吐吐。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

闪烁其词,不做肯定答复。

He hummed and hawed, giving no definite reply.

左顾右盼、遇到执勤战士闪烁其词的极可能心中有鬼。

Glances right and left, to meet the side which the performing duties soldier is equivocal possibly to have a guilty conscience.

她们的闲聊、她们的欢笑、她们的善意影射,尤其是她们闪烁其词的妒意,也使苔丝在精神上复活了;

Their chatter, their laughter, their good-humoured innuendoes, above all, their flashes and flickerings of envy, revived Tess's spirits also;

有被踏平的灌木(beataround the bush闪烁其词,拐弯抹角),还有议会成员用来寻找针的干草堆(lookfora needlein haystack大海捞针)。

There are bushes, which were beaten around, and a row of haystacks in which members of Congress used to look for needles.

但对于记者提出这样明显亏本的团费旅行社该如何达到盈利的疑问,两家旅行社的工作人员均闪烁其词

But for the reporter puts forward such obvious at a loss how to achieve cost of travel agency of doubt, two profit of travel agencies working personnel all the straight.

装甲控股公司研制的剪切增稠流体是一种含有二氧化硅纳米颗粒的液体聚合物,BAE对其细节闪烁其词,不愿过多透露。

The fluid that Armour Holdings worked on is a liquid polymer containing nano-engineered particles of silica, though BAE is coy about the details of what it is using.