e·va·sive
adjective/ɪˈveɪsɪv/
/ɪˈveɪsɪv/
Idioms - not willing to give clear answers to a question
回避提问的；推托的；推诿的 - evasive answers/comments/replies
含糊其词的回答／意见／答复 - Tessa was evasive about why she had not been at home that night.
特萨对她那天晚上不在家的原因避而不谈。 - John, normally so honest, was now being evasive in the extreme.
平时很诚实的约翰现在却变得极其回避。
Extra Examples- He was very evasive with me.
他对我非常回避。 - His reply was curiously evasive.
他的回答出奇地闪烁其词。 - She was a bit evasive on this point.
对于这一点，她有些回避。 - They remained evasive over their plans.
他们对自己的计划仍然讳莫如深。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEvasive is used with these nouns:- action
- manoeuvre
- reply
- …
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin evas- ‘evaded’ (from the verb evadere) + -ive. - evasive answers/comments/replies
Idioms
take evasive action
- to act in order to avoid danger or an unpleasant situation
采取回避行动（以避免危险或不愉快的处境） - The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision.
飞行员不得不采取规避行动以避免空中相撞。
- The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision.