tiptoe around
基本解釋
- 小心翼翼（非正式）
- 回避（非正式）
英漢例句
- It's just that he is often a bit too eager to tiptoe around them.
這僅僅是因為，作者往往太過急切，沒有小心翼翼繞過他們。 - Now a Professor at Buckingham University, Mr Woodhead has never been one to tiptoe around fundamental issues, however explosive they may be.
現(xiàn)任白金漢大學(xué)教授 Woodhead 先生可不是個會在那些涉及基本原則的話題面前躑躅不前的人，不管那些話題有多勁爆。 - When we visited my grandparents in their Manhattan apartment, I would tiptoe around Grandpa, fearful of brushing against him and drawing his ire.
當(dāng)我們訪問祖父母位于曼哈頓的寓所時，我會緊緊盯著爺爺，小心翼翼，生怕惹他老人家生氣。 - Cappelli's side business works, in part, because he doesn't have to tiptoe around a boss.
FORBES: Magazine Article - This is a bedrock argument of the Obamacare foes, and it must tiptoe around some inconvenient facts of daily life such as state car insurance mandates (they are state laws, and states have practically unlimited powers under the Constitution).
FORBES: Florida Judge's ObamaCare Ruling Passionate, If Futile