找工作需要直接对话的敏捷思维，如果你的能力远远超过一份工作要求，那么与其绕着这个问题拐弯抹角，你还不如这样说。
A job search requires quick thinking about straight talk, and if a job is far below your abilities, you're better off saying so than beating around the bush with this question.
他没有拐弯抹角地说一堆空话；车子转入大路时他仔细考虑他的答案。
He doesn't try to bluster around it; he considers his answer as the car turns onto the main road.
他说，“这就是在拐弯抹角地说，我们可以通过你的IP地址找到你在哪里。”
"It's a long-winded way of saying we can figure out where you are through your IP address," he said.
Nelson说，但是，拐弯抹角也有不利的一面。
我希望你说出他的真正意思，不要总是拐弯抹角的。
I wish you would say what he really means and not always beat around the bush.
我看上了他的几本书，属于上上品的书，便拐弯抹角地说他的行李超重了，飞机上不允许带的。
I found a few top-quality books I really liked. So I said to him obliquely that his luggage was overweight and airlines wouldn't take it.
我希望你说出他的真正意思，不要总是拐弯抹角的。
You don't have to beat around the bush. Just tell me what the problem is so I can fix it.
他拐弯抹角地说的。
第二天，梁王见到惠子，就对他说：“你以后讲话直截了当讲，不要再用比喻，拐弯抹角的。”
The following day the King of Liang met Hui Zi and said to him: "From now on, when you speak, come straight to the point and do not use metaphors and beat about the bush."
例如，人类学家埃莉诺·基南发现在马达加斯加岛的一个说马达加斯加语的村落里，说话直截了当的是女性，拐弯抹角的是男性。
Anthropologist Elinor Keenan, for example, found that in a Malagasy-speaking village on the island of Madagascar, it is women who are direct and men who are indirect.
例如，人类学家埃莉诺·基南发现在马达加斯加岛的一个说马达加斯加语的村落里，说话直截了当的是女性，拐弯抹角的是男性。
Anthropologist Elinor Keenan, for example, found that in a Malagasy-speaking village on the island of Madagascar, it is women who are direct and men who are indirect.
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