pussyfoot是什么意思

双语例句

(1)Hardware includes the computer screen, the pussyfoot, keyboard and of course the central processing unit that does all of the hard work for you.

硬件包括计算机显示器、鼠标、键盘，当然还有为你做所有艰苦工作的CPU（中央处理器）。

(2)The UN's member-nations can no longer afford to pussyfoot around the issue.

联合国会员再也经不起畏首畏尾。

(3)The moral behind this cover is, "If you are going to use a negative image, don't pussyfoot around, do it with conviction."

这期封面告诉我们，“如果你打算使用负面图像，不要谨小慎微，只管放心地去用。”

(4)Analysts believe it is too worried about winning upper-house elections next summer to do anything but pussyfoot on economic policy.

分析家认为正是出于对明年夏季的国会选举太过担心，以至于除了在经济政策上谨言慎行外，任何事情也不能做。

同义词

vi. 偷偷地走；轻轻地走；谨慎行事

同根词

词根 pussyfoot

(1)pussyfooter n. 抱骑墙态度者；禁酒主义者；观望者

释义

v.

act in a cautious or non-committal way

小心行事；抱骑墙态度，持暧昧态度，观望

I realized I could no longer pussyfoot around.

　我意识到不能再过于谨小慎微了。

move stealthily or warily

悄悄地走，蹑行；小心翼翼地走

they make a great show of pussyfooting through the greenery.

　他们走过草坪时格外小心。