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weasel words是什么意思

n.

遁词

weasel words扩展

weasel-worded (adj.)

weasel words英英释义

noun

a word used in order to evade or retreat from a direct or forthright statement or position

weasel words词源英文解释

from the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell superficially intact

The first known use of weasel word was in 1900

weasel words儿童词典英英释义

weather stripnoun

a strip of material used to seal a door or window around the edges called alsoweather stripping

Yorkshire terriernoun

any of a breed of small toy terriers with long straight silky hair that is mostly bluish gray but tan on the head and chest

weather stripnoun

a strip of material used to seal a door or window around the edges called alsoweather stripping

you'd

you had : you would

weather stationnoun

a station for taking, recording, and reporting observations of the weather

you'll

you shall : you will

weather-beatenadjective

toughened or colored by the weather

a weather-beaten face

worn or damaged by exposure to the weather

a weather-beaten old barn

you're

you are

weasel wordnoun

a word used in order to mislead a person or to avoid a straight answer

weasel words 例句

1 “Reorganization” is just a weasel word that the company is using to say that jobs are being eliminated.

2 Far too much happens in the shadows or is obfuscated by weasel words.

3 To be sure — three of my favorite weasel words — being able to sit on an inherited IRA for up to 10 years without being required to take annual distributions isn’t ungenerous.

4 The police report was filled with weasel words.

警察的报告书里充满推托之辞.

weasel words 同义词

1 模棱两可的话

quip equivoque

2 遁词

runaround

weasel words