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。
When asked about how much they will donate to charity , they just hemmed and hawed .
当问到将会捐多少钱作慈善用途时,他们即显得吞吞吐吐。
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。
The previous labour government hummed and hawed about this rural-urban " digital divide " .
以前的工党政府对这个乡城“数字鸿沟”表示犹豫。
Some commentators have tried to describe mr. brown as a shakespearean character ---- a hamlet who has hemmed and hawed in his rivalry with mr. blair .
一些评论员将布朗描绘为莎士比亚笔下的哈姆雷特,总是与政治对手布莱尔玩太极。
Asked why they didn 't look around for solutions , those I was helping hemmed and hawed , but eventually they more or less admitted that they were afraid to try .
They , after all , had the votes before the death of ted kennedy to push all these measures through the senate , but instead hummed and hawed until it was too late .