"mince words" meaning in 英语

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "英語詞元",
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    {
      "form": "minces words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mincing words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minced words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "minced oath"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, 章號 20, 出自 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], 出版於 1848, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"I ask you, William, could I suppose that the Emperor of Austria was a damned traitor—a traitor, and nothing more? I don’t mince words—a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, Upton Sinclair, 100%: The Story of a Patriot, ch. 2:",
          "text": "The detective did not mince words. \"It's plain that you're a boob,\" he said."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 August, “Let's have plain speaking”, 出自 Modern Railways，頁號 73:",
          "text": "We remember, too, those admirable reports issued to every passenger during the final stages of the Kent Coast electrification, which did not mince words about the disruption of normal working, but which often turned the situations into an instructive illustration of the complexity of modern railway working."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, 出自 Robert Myers 編, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC，頁號 28:",
          "text": "They all sought the President's views on the world situation in general and the Asian situation in particular. Without mincing words he would comment on his favorite theme, namely, the insidious scheme of the international Communists to conquer the free world."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 27, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Bridge disasters that spanned an Empire”, 出自 RAIL, 期 962，頁號 58:",
          "text": "The coroner did not mince words, in charging the jury with their duty: \"The bridge had been utterly neglected from the time that it was built and there had been no proper inspection of it... [...].\""
        },
        {
          "text": "有關使用本詞的更多用例，請參閱Citations:mince words。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "说话（不）留情"
      ],
      "id": "zh-mince_words-en-verb-LTOtZ7d9",
      "raw_tags": [
        "主否定"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-mince words.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "（澳洲）音频"
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  "word": "mince words"
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  "categories": [
    "英語動詞",
    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minces words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mincing words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minced words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "minced oath"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, 章號 20, 出自 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], 出版於 1848, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"I ask you, William, could I suppose that the Emperor of Austria was a damned traitor—a traitor, and nothing more? I don’t mince words—a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, Upton Sinclair, 100%: The Story of a Patriot, ch. 2:",
          "text": "The detective did not mince words. \"It's plain that you're a boob,\" he said."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 August, “Let's have plain speaking”, 出自 Modern Railways，頁號 73:",
          "text": "We remember, too, those admirable reports issued to every passenger during the final stages of the Kent Coast electrification, which did not mince words about the disruption of normal working, but which often turned the situations into an instructive illustration of the complexity of modern railway working."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, 出自 Robert Myers 編, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC，頁號 28:",
          "text": "They all sought the President's views on the world situation in general and the Asian situation in particular. Without mincing words he would comment on his favorite theme, namely, the insidious scheme of the international Communists to conquer the free world."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 27, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Bridge disasters that spanned an Empire”, 出自 RAIL, 期 962，頁號 58:",
          "text": "The coroner did not mince words, in charging the jury with their duty: \"The bridge had been utterly neglected from the time that it was built and there had been no proper inspection of it... [...].\""
        },
        {
          "text": "有關使用本詞的更多用例，請參閱Citations:mince words。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "说话（不）留情"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "主否定"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "（澳洲）音频"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "mince words"
}

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