/?mi?.li?ma?ed/notbraveenough to say what youmeandirectlyandhonestly:不直爽的,说话转弯抹角的mealy-mouthedexcuses婉转的借口a mealy-mouthedspokesperson说话转弯抹角的发言人SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDigressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocutory
euphemism
hedge
hedging
implicit
implicitly
indirectly
lede
mincing
move offsomething/on (tosomething)
obfuscate
obscure
sanitize
sidestep
stray
veil
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