pussyfooting

英 [ˈpʊsifʊtɪŋ]

美 [ˈpʊsifʊtɪŋ]

v.  慎重的，顾虑重重
pussyfoot的现在分词

现在分词：pussyfooting　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 过于谨慎；持暧昧态度；观望
  If you say that someoneis 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.
  1. Why don't they stop pussyfooting around and say what they really mean?
     他们为什么不能不再闪烁其词，说出他们真正的意图呢？

双语例句

• I really hope EU leaders will come to their senses and stop pussyfooting with dubious financial instruments.
  我真切地期望欧盟（eu）领导人能够恢复理智，不要再犹犹豫豫，在不可靠的金融工具上浪费时间了。
• Being pussyfooting around in its approach to dead bodies, the Government is giving a kicking to some of the most vulnerable in our society.
  政府对待尸体问题顾虑重重，给我们社会中最弱势的群体一个打击。
• Stop pussyfooting around and say what you mean.
  别那麽缩手缩脚的，说说你到底是什麽意思吧。
• Why don't they stop pussyfooting around and say what they really mean?
  他们为什么不能不再闪烁其词，说出他们真正的意图呢？
• Instead of pussyfooting around with coking coal, the West may one day address the most egregious imbalance of all.
  与其在炼焦煤问题上纠缠，西方有朝一日也许会针对一切失衡中最大的失衡。
• After pussyfooting around for several months, Hal decided to bite the bulletand ask his boss for a raise.
  哈尔经过几过几个月的犹豫不决之后，终于决心去请求老板给他提高工资。
• We've been pussyfooting for far too long& it's time we decided what to do.
  我们观望得太久了，我们决定干什么的时候了。
• Stop pussyfooting and get on with it.
  别犹豫，赶紧动手吧。
• Black people are fed up with the dillydallying, pussyfooting, compromising approach that we've been using toward getting our freedom.
  黑人们已经厌烦了磨蹭、偷偷走路和妥协的方法，以至于我能够有利的获得自由。