"hand waving" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 糊弄（解釋不清楚）
• 敷衍了事

Definition

「Hand waving」是指給出模糊、不完整或不清楚的解釋，通常是為了掩飾不知道或避免給出真實答案。有時也指用手勢代替清楚的邏輯或細節。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於非正式、學術或技術討論，指出某人沒有給出明確證據或含糊其詞。不是字面上的揮手，而是指“敷衍過去”。

Examples

Her explanation was just hand waving with no clear answer.

她的解釋只是**糊弄**，沒有明確答案。

The teacher did some hand waving when the students asked about the difficult topic.

老師被問到難題時只是**糊弄**了過去。

Don't use hand waving in your science report—give proper facts.

科學報告裡不要**糊弄**，要給出真實數據。

All that talk about the reasons was just hand waving—they don't actually know why it happened.

所有關於原因的說法都是**敷衍了事**——他們其實根本不知道原因。

He tried to impress us with technical terms, but it was just hand waving.

他想用專業術語來裝懂，其實只是在**糊弄**。

You can’t get away with hand waving in a serious debate.

在嚴肅的辯論中你不能隨便**敷衍了事**。