"hand waving" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 糊弄（解释不清楚）
• 敷衍了事

Definition

“Hand waving” 指的是给出模糊、不完整或不清楚的解释，通常是为了掩饰不知道或避免给出真实答案。有时也指用手势代替清晰的逻辑或细节。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

一般用于非正式、学术或技术讨论，指出某人缺乏详细证据或含糊其辞。不是字面上的挥手，而是用来形容“糊弄过去”。

Examples

Her explanation was just hand waving with no clear answer.

她的解释只是**糊弄**，没有明确答案。

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

老师在学生问到难题时只是**糊弄**过去了。

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

不要在你的科学报告里**糊弄**，要给出真实数据。

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

所有关于原因的说法都是**糊弄**——他们其实根本不知道为什么会发生。

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

他想用专业术语来装懂，其实只是在**糊弄**。

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

在严肃的辩论中你不能随便**糊弄**。