熟词生义“skirtaround”不是指“身边的裙子”-饼哥英语口语

大家好，今天我们分享一个非常有用且地道的表达——skirt around, 这

个短语的含义不

是指“裙子在周围”，其正确的含义是：

skirt around 回避

“Let's not skirt around the fact,” said the attorney to his client. “You must tell me the truth.”

“我们不要回避事实，”律师对他的委托人说。“你必须把事实真相告诉我。”

He always skirts around the issue whenever I bring up pay raises for the people on my team.

无论何时我提出给我团队的人涨工资，他总是回避这个问题。

When asked about his role in the scandal, the CEO skirted around the issue with a longwinded non sequitur about his loyalty to his company and its customers.

当我问到他在丑闻中扮演的角色的时候，CEO用冗长的、不合逻辑的推论说他对公司和客户的忠诚来回避问题。

Even in rehearsals people would

skirt around the issue.

就算在排练的时候人们也会回避这个问题。