pussyfoot

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈpʊs.i.fʊt]
• 美式音标 [ˈpʊs.i.fʊt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vi. 偷偷地走；轻轻地走；谨慎行事

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The UN's member-nations can no longer afford to pussyfoot around the issue.
  联合国会员再也经不起畏首畏尾。
• The moral behind this cover is, "If you are going to use a negative image, don't pussyfoot around, do it with conviction."
  这期封面告诉我们，“如果你打算使用负面图像，不要谨小慎微，只管放心地去用。”
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• Analysts believe it is too worried about winning upper-house elections next summer to do anything but pussyfoot on economic policy.
  分析家认为正是出于对明年夏季的国会选举太过担心，以至于除了在经济政策上谨言慎行外，任何事情也不能做。

权威例句

• Analysts believe it is too worried about winning upper-house elections next summer to do anything but pussyfoot on economic policy.
  ECONOMIST: Japan is not yet doomed to debt-induced penury

词组短语

短语

• Pussyfoot Cocktail 普斯福特;猫步
• pussyfoot detail 消极行事
• pussyfoot temperance 禁酒
• pussyfoot around the issue 畏首畏尾
• Pussyfoot Cockta niceil 普斯福特

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to avoid making a decision or expressing an opinion because you are uncertain or frightened about doing so

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone is 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.