evasive

英 [ɪˈveɪsɪv]

美 [ɪˈveɪsɪv]

adj.  回避提问的; 推托的; 推诿的

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Collins.1 / BNC.14845 / COCA.16477

习惯用语

adj.

take evasive action
• 采取回避行动（以避免危险或不愉快）
  to act in order to avoid danger or an unpleasant situation

牛津词典

adj.

• 回避提问的；推托的；推诿的
  not willing to give clear answers to a question
  1. evasive answers/comments/replies
     含糊其辞的回答 / 意见 / 答复
  2. Tessa was evasive about why she had not been at home that night.
     特萨对她那天晚上不在家的原因避而不谈。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 回避的;避而不谈的；含糊其词的
  If you describe someone asevasive, you mean that they deliberately avoid giving clear direct answers to questions.
  1. He was evasive about the circumstances of his first meeting with Stanley Dean...
     他避而不谈他和斯坦利·迪安第一次会面的情况。
  2. Direct questions would almost certainly result in evasive answers.
     直接的提问得到的几乎肯定会是含糊其词的回答。
• PHRASE 采取规避行动
  If youtake evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them.
  1. At least four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action.
     至少有4架高空飞行战斗机不得不采取避让行动。

英英释义

adj

• deliberately vague or ambiguous
  1. his answers were brief, constrained and evasive
  2. an evasive statement
• avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
  1. pilots are taught to take evasive action

双语例句

• If the bullets start coming this way, take evasive action.
  如果子弹朝这边打来，就采取规避动作。
• I'm not trying to be evasive or duck the question.
  我不想逃避或回避这个问题。
• Or was their way only evasive and different, dark, like cypress-trees in a wind?
  或者他们的方式就是难以捉摸，独特，神秘一如风中的柏树？
• "He's growing up." The answer sounds evasive.
  他正在成长。这听起来有些答非所问。
• The research object in the present study is the deliberate use of evasive answer in interview conversations.
  本文的研究对象是访谈会话中闪避回答的刻意使用。
• Sometimes you are so evasive. I think you don't want to marry me at all.
  有时候，你说话的那股吞吞吐吐劲儿，我真以为你压根儿不想跟我结婚。
• He was evasive and noncommittal.
  他闪闪烁烁，不肯说明确。
• I wasn't evasive in my reply.
  我的回答并不躲躲闪闪。
• She felt his answer to be evasive.
  她认为他的回答完全是闪烁其辞。
• At least four high-flying warplanes had to take evasive action.
  至少有4架高空飞行战斗机不得不采取避让行动。