See wishy-washy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "washy 的疊詞。",
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"text": "Not wanting to be pressed for details, public relations gave a wishy-washy answer.",
"translation": "公关部不想被问细节，给了一个模棱两可的答复。"
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"ref": "2023年July17日, Rhymer Rigby, “Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends”, 出自 The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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"text": "The wishy-washy orange juice served by the cafeteria not only failed to be sweet; it was barely orange.",
"translation": "饭堂的橙汁太淡了，不仅不甜，连橙色都很淡。"
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"ref": "1915, “Maine booze turns an iron tub blue”, 出自 The Mixer and Server:",
"text": "Usually the quality of the liquor is judged by the \"bite\" of it. The hotter the better. A drink of first class, aged whisky would be ridiculed in most parts of Maine as a wishy-washy beverage fit only for mollycoddles. The Down East \"soak\" wants something that stings and burns all the way, and usually he gets it[…]"
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"ref": "2006, Gipsy Petulengro, Romany Hints for Outdoor Living and Tips for Ramblers，第 7 頁:",
"text": "And you will appreciate drinking the hot cup, or rather billy, of tea—which is more than one can call the wishy-washy concoction served up in some 'tea-houses'."
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