skirt around是什么意思?可不是“圆形裙子”哦
早上Sara穿了一条新裙子去上班,想给自己的同事炫耀一下。一到办公室,Lily要跟她对接一下项目的事情,但Sara一直在说自己的裙子,结果就发生了下面对话中的误会…
Lily: Hi, morning, Sara! You look gorgeous today!
【早上好Sara!你今天看起来真美!】
Sara: Thank you! I bought it yester…
【谢谢!我昨天买了一条裙子…】
Lily: Sara, we need to talk about the project.
【Sara,我们得讨论一下这个项目。】
Sara: …day. It was not very expensive, just 1000 yuan.
【裙子不贵,也就1000块钱。】
Lily: Hey, Sara! Let’s discuss the project.
【Sara,我们讨论一下项目吧。】
Sara: Yeah, sure! My husband wanted to buy another one, but I didn’t think so.
【当然可以!我老公还想给我再买一条,可是我并不这么认为。】
Lily: Sara, don’t skirt around the project!
【Sara,请不要回避项目的事情!】
Sara: What? You want my skirt in the project? No way!
【什么?你想要在项目中用我的裙子?不行!】
Lily: To skirt around something means to avoid discussing a subject or problem, which is usually hard to do.
【To skirt around意思是“回避讨论某话题(通常是很难处理的问题)”】
Sara: Sorry! Now let’s come back to the project.
【不好意思,那我们就来讨论吧。】
从上面的对话中可以看到,to skirt around something意思是“回避,绕开某事”,也可以说to skirt round。
请看例句:
He is just skirting around my question.
他一直在回避我的问题。
Just tell the truth, and it is not neccesary to skirt around.
说实话吧,没必要回避问题。
As a spokesperson, he is good at skirting round the challenging questions.
作为发言人,他很擅长回避具有挑战性的问题。
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