mealy-mouthed
adj. 不直率的；说话拐弯抹角的；说话委婉的；甜言蜜语的
adj.
说话拐弯抹角的，说话委婉的；油嘴滑舌；
英英释义
mealy-mouthed[ 'mi:li'mauðd, -’mauθt ]
adj.hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
同义词：mealymouthed
双语例句
Don't be so mealy-mouthed, say what you mean!
别这麽绕弯子了，有话直说吧！
权威例句
Mealy-MouthedMealy-Mouthed
Mealy-mouthed rhetoric.
Mealy-Mouthed BBC Can't Say 'Dictator'
The mealy-mouthed campaign
Perle Berates U.S. Allies in NATO as `Mealy-Mouthed'
Ban’s mealy-mouthed statement on Liu’s Nobel
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
BROADCAST SPORT: Beeb at double fault over mealy-mouthed Wimbers
Ted Enright: Mealy-Mouthed Martyrs (July 1948)
mealy-mouthed (adj.)
"afraid to say what one really thinks," 1570s; first element perhaps from Old English milisc "sweet," from Proto-Germanic *meduz "honey" (see mead (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of this, perhaps the first element is from meal (n.2) on notion of the "softness" of ground flour (compare Middle English melishe (adj.) "friable, loose," used of soils).
1. He repeated that he did not intend to be mealy-mouthed with the country's leaders.
他反复说他无意在评论国家领导人时拐弯抹角。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2. He added: "I refuse to accept this mealy-mouthed apology."
他还说：“我拒绝接受这种拐弯抹角的道歉。”
youdao
3. But if you don't, they say you are mealy-mouthed forever!
如果你不寄给他们，他们说你说话总是转弯抹角！
youdao
4. SCARLETT: Melanie Hamilton. She's a pale- faced mealy-mouthed ninny and I hate her.
郝斯嘉：美兰尼，那个脸色苍白，利嘴滑舌的笨蛋，我真讨厌她。
youdao
5. There is one strong upside, however: this mealy-mouthed statement leaves the door open for dialogue.
然而，(声明)有着非常积极的一面：这份话语委婉的的声明为对话打开了方便之门。
youdao
6. He added: "I refuse to accept this mealy-mouthed apology. I want a front page retraction - due prominence - in next week's Sunday Times."
他还说：“我拒绝接受这种拐弯抹角的道歉。我希望在下周的星期日泰晤士报上看到一个突出的头版新闻。”
youdao
7. You'd rather live with that silly little fool who can't open her mouth except to say "yes", "no", and raise a household of mealy-mouthed brats just like her!
你宁可娶那个愚蠢的只会开口说“是”或“不是”的小傻瓜，然后生一堆像她那样的面青唇粉的傻孩子。
youdao
8. A mealy-mouthed statement said the Crown Prosecution Service had asked for more information about the case and that the Met itself had taken more legal advice.
一份不直率的声明中说，皇家检察署问了关于这宗案件的详细信息，大都会它自己已采取符合本身的更多的法律意见。
youdao
9. You'd rather live with that little fool who can't open her mouth except to say "yes" or "no" and raise a pastel of mealy - mouthed brats just like her.
你宁愿娶那个唯唯诺诺、面色苍白、装腔作势的小丫头也不敢娶我。
youdao
10. I never feel that that fellow is really sincere; he's too mealy - mouthed.
我从来没感到那个家伙是真心实意的，他太油滑了。
youdao
11. I never feel that that fellow is really sincere; he's too mealy - mouthed.
我从来没感到那个家伙是真心实意的，他太油滑了。
youdao
mealy-mouthed
