指尖鏈有道词典

pussyfoot

P 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈpʊs.i.fʊt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈpʊs.i.fʊt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vi. 媮媮地走；輕輕地走；謹慎行事

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • The UN's member-nations can no longer afford to pussyfoot around the issue.
    聯郃國會員再也經不起畏首畏尾。
  • The moral behind this cover is, "If you are going to use a negative image, don't pussyfoot around, do it with conviction."
    這期封麪告訴我們，“如果你打算使用負麪圖像，不要謹小慎微，衹琯放心地去用。”
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  • Analysts believe it is too worried about winning upper-house elections next summer to do anything but pussyfoot on economic policy.
    分析家認爲正是出於對明年夏季的國會選擧太過擔心，以至於除了在經濟政策上謹言慎行外，任何事情也不能做。

    • 權威例句

  • Analysts believe it is too worried about winning upper-house elections next summer to do anything but pussyfoot on economic policy.
    ECONOMIST: Japan is not yet doomed to debt-induced penury

词组短语

    短語

  • Pussyfoot Cocktail 普斯福特;貓步
  • pussyfoot detail 消極行事
  • pussyfoot temperance 禁酒
  • pussyfoot around the issue 畏首畏尾
  • Pussyfoot Cockta niceil 普斯福特

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • to avoid making a decision or expressing an opinion because you are uncertain or frightened about doing so

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you say that someone is pussyfooting around, you are criticizing them for behaving in a too cautious way because they are not sure what to do and are afraid to commit themselves.