【摩登家庭】“说个话绕这么大圈子！”

【句子】Is that a roundabout way of saying a certain clown can come to the party? 【Modern Family-S2E15】
【发音】[ɪz] [ðæt] [ə] ['raʊndəbaʊt] [weɪ] [əv] ['seɪɪŋ] [ə] ['sɜ:tn] [klaʊn] [kən] [kʌm] [tʊ] [ðə] ['pɑrti]
【发音技巧】that a连读+闪音；certain不完全失去爆破；
【翻译】你这是委婉地告诉我，某个小丑可以出现在派对上吗？
【适用场合】
roundabout 这个单词本意是：迂回；绕道；绕圈子；
那么看了这个单词的意思，就知道什么叫做say sth. in a roundabout way了。
用迂回委婉、不直接的方法说话；绕圈子；
to imply something without saying it; to say something indirectly
eg: He asked me, in a roundabout way, if he could have a raise.
他委婉地问我，能不能给他加薪。

eg: He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
他委婉地告诉我们他想走了。

eg: I wish you would stop saying things in such a roundabout way and just make your point!
我多希望你说话可以不要再绕圈子了，直说不好吗？

eg: What do you mean? Why do you always say something in a roundabout way?
你啥意思啊？为啥你说话总是绕圈子呢？

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
我更喜欢你跟我直说，而不是绕圈子。