Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances.

如果你追问，他闪烁其词，似是而非，避开重点。

They asked why. Conversation has a flow.

他追问原因。话匣子就打开了。

I broke away from St John, who had followed, asking me questions.

我从圣约翰身边挣脱着跑出来，他跟在我后面追问着。

Harvard has always been a place to ask why.

哈佛一直是一个追问“为什么”地方。

All three were famous Greek philosophers but Socrates was the one who angered lots of important people by his probing, or investigative questions, and this technique is called Socratic Dialogue.

以上三位都是著名希腊哲学家，但苏格拉底因其刨根问底或者说细究追问，激怒了不少重要人士，这种方法被称为苏格拉底式对话。

They may berate you with prying questions until you spill all your secrets.

他可能会喋喋不休地追问你，直到你说出所有秘密。

“How many words did you get today? ” the friend pursued.

“你今天得了多少字？”朋友追问道。

" Where are you going? " demanded Catherine, advancing to the door.

“你到哪儿去？”凯瑟琳走到门口追问着。

" But she, the baby, how is she? " cried Miss Betsey.

“她，孩子，她怎么样？” 贝茜小姐追问。

" A hollow tree? " repeated Harry. " What tree? Where was this? "

“一棵空心树？”哈利追问道，“什么树？在哪儿？”

" Did you indeed think I believed you were married? " she again demanded earnestly.

“难道你真以为我相信你结婚了吗？”她急切追问道。

" But Hogsmeade's a very interesting place, isn't it? " Hermione pressed on eagerly.

“但是霍格莫德是个很有趣地方，对不对? ”赫敏急切地追问。

" Are you up yet? " she demanded. " Nearly, " said Harry. " Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon. And don't you dare let it burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy's birthday."

“你起来了吗? ”她追问。“快了。”哈利说。“快了，那就赶紧，我要你看着熏咸肉。你敢把它煎糊了试试。我要达力生日这一天一切都顺顺当当。”

You don't think he'll ask us how they died?

你以为他不会追问野人死因吗？

" Did he now" ? cried Frank, happiness in his face.

" 他真这样？" 弗兰克赶忙追问，他已经面有喜色了。

When I pressed the issue, he just waved me into his wooden chair.

我再追问时，他只是挥手示意我坐到木制椅子上。

I won't insist, sir, and I'll rest content with simply being flabbergasted at your results.

先生，我不想再追问，我只是对于这样一种效果感到十分奇怪。

" But it would work, right? " Peter-One pressed.

“但这样能行，对吧？”彼得追问道。

At another press conference, journalists pressed Vienna's police chief Gerhard Purstl about the suspect's background.

在另一场记者会上，记者向维也纳警察局长格哈德·珀斯尔追问嫌犯背景。

When the Louvre announced that one of its prized possessions had disappeared it sent shock waves all around the world and the question was " where did it go? "

当卢浮宫宣布其珍贵藏品之一失窃时，这一消息震惊了全世界，人纷纷追问：“它去哪儿了？”