Tim hemmed and hawed, but finally told his boss the truth.
提姆起初吞吞吐吐，但最终还是向老板说出了真相。
He hummed and hawed, giving no definite reply.
他闪烁其词，不做肯定答复。
He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.
他总是哼儿哈儿的，就是不说句痛快话。
He hummed and hawed but finally told me the truth.
他先是支支吾吾，可最后还是跟我说了实话。
He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd.
被要求在人群中出现时他支吾起来。
The man was a poor lecturer because he hummed and hawed too much.
这个人讲课不行，因为他太结巴了。
He hummed and hawed for quite a while, failing to come out with a coherent story.
他支吾了半天，也没有说出个子丑寅卯来。
After my son hemmed and hawed for a while, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust.
我儿子支支吾吾了一阵子孙子最终兴味索然地说道。
"Well -" Here my friend hemmed and hawed - "Well, actually it's a Catholic hermitage."
嗯——“我朋友欲言又止，”事实上那是一座天主教堂。
She politely hummed and hawed and, after a lot of prompting, said she didn't like the haphazard way I arranged the food in the fridge.
她礼貌地支吾了一会儿。在经过很多鼓励之后，她表示，不太喜欢我凌乱地将食物放入冰箱的方式。
Asked why they didn't look around for solutions, those I was helping hemmed and hawed, but eventually they more or less admitted that they were afraid to try.
我问他们为什么不自己找找看有什么办法，他们都说我帮了大忙、支支吾吾之类的话，但是最后他们或多或少都承认他们只是害怕尝试而已。
Asked why they didn't look around for solutions, those I was helping hemmed and hawed, but eventually they more or less admitted that they were afraid to try.
我问他们为什么不自己找找看有什么办法，他们都说我帮了大忙、支支吾吾之类的话，但是最后他们或多或少都承认他们只是害怕尝试而已。
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