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
- The second occasion was rather ahem less successful and afterwards I deeply regretted my moment of TV vanity.
第二次，呃，就没有那么成功了，而且我之后对这种上电视的虚荣心感到十分后悔。 - 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。 - 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。 - Kraft ( KFT) says drinkers in the developing world like it for its low price and ( ahem) nutrition.
卡夫表示，Tang果珍在发展中国家大受欢迎的原因在于价格低廉而且有营养（这倒未必）。 - I've had this ahem for a anniversary now.
我这样咳嗽已经一周了。 - Colin cleared his throat," Ahem!"
科林清了清嗓子，“嗯哼！” - 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。 - Ahem! Said the mouse with an important air.
“啊哼！”耗子神气十足地说。 - 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。 - And like IBM, HP is moving into cloud computing, although as Michael Copeland pointed out, HP will focus further down the food chain, leaving the high-end to companies with more established cloud offerings like Oracle ( orcl) and, ahem, IBM.
不过正如迈克尔•柯普兰指出的那样，在云计算领域，惠普将主要关注食物链的下端，而把高端留给那些已经在该领域站稳脚跟的云计算公司，比如甲骨文（Oracle）和IBM。