mealymouthed

英式音标：['mi:li:maʊðd]

美式音标：['milimaʊðd]

词汇分类：Vocabulary.com,福尔摩斯探案集 - SHERLOCK HOLMES,巴朗3500词表,GRE

词义：

adj.

转弯抹角说的，不敢直说的；

英英释义

mealymouthed[ 'mi:limauðd ]

adj.hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy

"a mealymouthed politician"

同义词：mealy-mouthed

用法：

权威例句

Be careful with wishes // Mealymouthed rejection letters in good taste, at least

Mealy-Mouthed

Mealy-Mouthed

Mealy-mouthed rhetoric.

Mealy-Mouthed BBC Can't Say 'Dictator'

“One Not Need Be A Mealy‐Mouthed Liberal…”: A Response to Archer and Stevens' Response to Simons and Warren

The mealy-mouthed campaign

Ted Enright: Mealy-Mouthed Martyrs (July 1948)

BROADCAST SPORT: Beeb at double fault over mealy-mouthed Wimbers

The Reporting of the Story of Cook, His Wife and His Lover Makes It Plain That Affair-Speak Is Still as Mealy-Mouthed as Dry Muesli

造句：

1. He often misuses his authority to tyrannize his underlings.

他常用手中的职权凌轹下属.

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2. Punish those who tyrannize over us and arrogantly mistreat us.

求你惩罚那些欺压和傲慢侮辱我们的人!

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3. Her husband and mother - in - law tyrannize her.

她丈夫和她 婆婆 虐待她.

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4. Can you explain this phrase ? Can one tyrannize over oneself? Can one tyrannize over nature?

你能加以解释 吗 ?人有可能欺压自己 吗 ?人类有能力欺压大自然 吗 ?

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5. So it is the nature of such persons to insult and tyrannize over little people ( Henry Fielding )

如此侮辱和欺压弱小的人是这种人的本性 ( 亨利菲尔丁 )

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