ahem
英 [əˈhem]
美 [əˈhem]
int. (书写用语，表示引起注意或难以启齿时发出的咳嗽声)呃哼
BNC.32727 / COCA.24471
牛津词典
exclamation
- （书写用语，表示引起注意或难以启齿时发出的咳嗽声）呃哼
used in writing to show the sound of a short cough made by sb who is trying to get attention or to say sth that is difficult or embarrassing- Ahem, can I make a suggestion?
呃哼，我可以提个建议吗？
- Ahem, can I make a suggestion?
柯林斯词典
- CONVENTION 呃哼（用于书面语中表示讽刺意味或用于引起注意）
In writing,ahemis used to show that someone is being ironic.Ahemis also used to show that someone wants to get another person's attention.- It can be a dangerous course of action which might be sound in theory but — ahem — perhaps a trifle risky in practice...
这可能是一次危险的行动，在理论上听着无缝可击，但——呃哼——真做起来却可能有点冒险。 - It is not unknown for valuable display items to go, ahem, missing.
贵重的展品，呃哼，丢失的话，会众人皆知。
- It can be a dangerous course of action which might be sound in theory but — ahem — perhaps a trifle risky in practice...
英英释义
noun
- the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat
双语例句
- Fortune highlights five of those points, along with a dose of analysis and ahem skepticism.
《财富》杂志（Fortune）挑选了其中的五个优势，并列出了相关的分析和质疑。 - He added that the most sign-ups occur around New Year's and that, ahem, Los Angeles is the company's biggest market.
他补充说大部分注册发生在新年前后，而洛杉矶又是公司最大的市场。 - Ahem! Said the mouse with an important air.
“啊哼！”耗子神气十足地说。 - These are, ahem, a more liquid investment: they can easily be resold.
这些是，呵呵，一种更短期的投资：它们可以很轻易地再出售。 - His political connections were shallow and the other, ahem, religious problem that he had, was a thorn in his side too.
他在政治上的人脉很浅，而且，他在宗教上的问题，也是个让他很苦恼的事。 - Many of us have skills ( ahem, Journalism) that are closely tied to industries in flux.
但很多人（也包括记者）的工作技能却只适用于那些变幻莫测的行业。 - The way an X display looks like is set by a window manager whose job is to, ahem, manage your windows and their look.
X显示的方式看上去象是被窗口管理器所设置，该管理器的任务就是管理你的窗口和它们的外观。 - Meanwhile, the company claims more than 80% of Fortune 100 companies use Dropbox, either officially or, ahem, not.
该公司表示超过80%的《财富》美国100强公司在正式或非正式地使用其服务。 - Then the method of test paper auto-generation based on Adaptive Hybrid Evolutionary Mechanism ( AHEM) is proposed.
结合组卷问题求解领域知识与专家选题思想，提出了一种基于自适应混合进化机制的智能组卷方法，采用了基于题型的分段编码、段内进化算子、误差加权适应度评估方法。 - Colin cleared his throat," Ahem!"
科林清了清嗓子，“嗯哼！”