Evasive

(adj.) deliberately vague or ambiguous; 'his answers were brief, constrained and evasive'; 'an evasive statement' .

(adj.) avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; 'pilots are taught to take evasive action' .

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• The answer was evasive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This proved to be a most knotty and intricate puzzle--tricky and evasive--always leading on and promising something, and at the last slipping away leaving the work undone. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The world was full of such evasive philosophy and theological stuff in the opening centuries of the Christian era. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To this inquiry the girl returned the not uncommon, but rather evasive reply of 'I don't know; where do you come from? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• As Frederick II remained evasive, Gregory IX excommunicated him, proclaimed a crusade against him, and invaded his dominions in Italy (1228). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That is no answer; or rather it is a very irritating, because a very evasive one. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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