只字不提 meaning in English
not to breathe a word about [of] ...; he left out the thing altogether without so much as a word about it.; keep silent about ...; let fall not a syllable; make no mention whatsoever at all; not touch upon it at all; not a word slipped from his mouth about the matter; not a word slipped from one's mouth (about ...); not a word was said [mentioned] about [concerning] ...; not to breathe [say] a single word (about it); not to drop a word (of . . .); said not a word; there is no mention at all of ..
Examples
- She said nothing regarding your request .
她对你的要求只字不提。 - How could time utterly ignore such an event ?
《时代》杂志对这件事怎么可能只字不提呢？ - Catherine said nothing to her father about these visits, though they had rapidly become the most important, the most absorbing thing in her life .
虽然这些访问在凯瑟琳的生活中已急剧地变为最重要、最令人神往的事，她在父亲面前却只字不提。 - Zachary didn ' t say a word about what i ' d done
萨克利对我所做的事只字不提 - The president ' s name was hardly mentioned
人们几乎只字不提总统的名字。