绝口不谈 meaning in English
be absolutely silent about; avoid mentioning; hold one's tongue; keep mum; keep one's mouth shut and say nothing; keep silent and say nothing; maintain silence; make no mention whatsoever of; never have a single word to say about; not to say a word about; refuse to say anyhting about; seal one's lips and say nothing
Examples
- She held her tongue about the d'urberville vault, and the knight of the conqueror whose name she bore .
她绝口不谈德伯氏的墓穴以及那个和她同姓、跟随征服者的武士。 - She said nothing in connection with her marriage
她绝口不谈与她的婚姻有关的事。 - There was only one thing he did not talk about , and that was law ; as the expressive phrase goes , he sunk the shop
只有一件事他不谈，那就是法律，正如那句意味深长的俗语说的，他业余时间绝口不谈业务。 - Neither nikolay nor princess marya said a word as to all that was implied by the words : natasha is nursing him ; but thanks to this letter , nikolay was brought suddenly into intimate relations , almost those of a kinsman with the princess
尼古拉和玛丽亚公爵小姐都绝口不谈“娜塔莎照料着他”可能有的含意但由于这封信，尼古拉和公爵小姐一下子亲近得像有了亲缘关系。 - They still refrained from talking of him , that they might not , as seemed to them , desecrate the exalted feeling in their hearts ; but this reticence led them , though they would not have believed it , into gradually forgetting him
她们绝口不谈及关于他的一切，她们觉得那些话会破坏在她们心中建立起来的崇高的感情，而这种缄默，竟然令人难以置信地，使她们渐渐地忘记了他。