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Tim hemmed and hawed , but finally told his boss the truth .

蒂姆起初支支吾吾，但最终还是把真相告诉了老板。

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 , giving no definite reply .

他闪烁其词，不做肯定答复。

He hummed and hawed for quite a while before he uttered a few words of comfort .

他吭哧了好一会才说出几句安慰话。

He hummed and hawed for a while , but failed to come up with a convincing argument .

他吭哧了半天，也没有说出个子午卯酉。

The man hummed and hawed and said : " I want your finger . "

他支支吾吾地说：“我想要你的这个手指头！”

Ma Zu hummed and hawed but couldn 't answer . At this moment , Huai Rang said to him seriously : " You learn to sit in meditation in order to become a Buddha . In fact , it relies on wisdom and comprehension of the mind to become one , not at all on sitting .

这时候，怀让认真地对他说：“你学坐禅是为了成佛，其实，成佛靠的是心灵的颖悟，根本不是坐着能解决的。”

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。

The deputy chairman hemmed and hawed without giving a definite answer .

副主席说话吞吞吐吐，没有给个明确的答复。

We hummed and hawed before deciding to buy the house .

我们曾经犹豫了很长时间才决定买这幢房子。

We hemmed and hawed for ages before deciding to buy the house .

我们犹豫了很久，才决定买这所房子。

When I asked him what had happened , he just hemmed and hawed .

我问他发生了甚麽事时，他只是支吾以对。

He hummed and hawed for quite a while , failing to come out with any convincing argument .

他支吾了半天，也没有说出个令人信服的论点来。

The old Microsoft hemmed and hawed about creating Office apps for mobile platforms from Google and Apple , pushing its Windows platform instead .

之前，对于为谷歌和苹果的移动平台创建Office应用，微软有些犹豫不决，它把精力放在了推动自己的Windows平台上。

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。

Rolf : Well I got a lot of nice words about how well I 've been doing , but when I asked for a raise , he just hemmed and hawed .

罗尔夫：他说了很多好话，夸许我做得好，但一听到我要求加薪，就只是支支吾吾。

The Lakers hemmed and hawed their way through another playoff game against the Utah Jazz , leaving Phil Jackson plenty of possible options for the locker-room whiteboard .

湖人对阵爵士的另一场比赛又是跌跌撞撞才拿下胜利，这给禅师在更衣室的白板上面留下很多空间可以写。

I hummed and hawed for a bit and then said something like : I really don 't think I can give an impartial answer - why don 't you ask my wife , I 'm sure she 'll be able to help you out .

我支支吾吾了一会儿，然后说了类似这样的话：我想我真的没法给出一个不带偏见的答案，你何不问问我太太，我想她肯定会给你一个满意的答案。