skirted
英[s'kɜːtɪd]
美[s'kɜːtɪd]
动词 skirt:
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
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pass around or about; move along the border
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form the edge of
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extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- The speech skirted round all the sensitive questions.
这个讲话回避了所有的敏感的问题。
- We skirted (round) the field and crossed the bridge.
我们沿著田边走,经过了那座桥。
- She skirted round the problem of the high cost.
她避而不谈巨额费用问题。
- The speech was most disappointing; it skirted round all the main questions.
这篇演讲非常令人失望,它回避了所有主要的问题。