1. 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。
2. 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。
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3. He hummed and hawed for quite a while, failing to come out with a coherent story.
他支吾了半天，也没有说出个子丑寅卯来。
4. 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。
5. We hum med 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。
6. He sent it to the lawyers, they hemmed and hawed, and he lost his moorings.
他把问题留给他律师处理，但最后他还是要下台。
7. The man was a poor lecturer because he hummed and hawed too much.
这个人讲课不行，因为他太结巴了。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. He hummed and hawed, giving no definite reply.
他闪烁其词，不做肯定答复。
11. 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。
12. 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。
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13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
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16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
1. " This color, " said the vendor as the man hemmed and hawed.