talk round
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.
在寻找解决问题的方法之前，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.
talk somebody round (to something)
- (British English) to persuade somebody to accept something or agree to something
说服；劝说某人同意 - We finally managed to talk them round to our way of thinking.
我们最后总算说服他们接受我们的想法。
- We finally managed to talk them round to our way of thinking.