"skate around" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 回避（话题）- 绕圈滑行

Definition

在溜冰场等地方滑行，或（更常见）回避直接讨论某事，尤其是在被问到难题时。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于口语，常用“skate around the issue/question”表达回避问题。主要指回避而非真正溜冰。不要与“skate over”混淆，后者意为‘忽略’。

Examples

She likes to skate around the park with her friends.

她喜欢和朋友们**在公园里滑来滑去**。

The politician tried to skate around the difficult question.

那位政客试图**回避**那个棘手的问题。

Please don't skate around the issue—just be honest.

请不要**回避**这个问题—请诚实一点。

He always skates around giving a straight answer.

他总是**回避**直接回答。

Instead of answering, she just skated around the subject.

她没有回答，只是**绕开**了话题。

They spent the afternoon skating around the frozen lake.

他们整个下午都在结冰的湖上**滑来滑去**。