talk around
phrasal verbtalk around something
(British English also talk round something)
- to talk about something in a general way without dealing with the most important parts of it
拐弯抹角地说；不着边际地说 - We spent a whole hour talking around the problem before looking at ways of solving it.
在寻找解决方法之前，我们花了整整一个小时讨论这个问题。
- We spent a whole hour talking around the problem before looking at ways of solving it.