东拉西扯的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
east/pull/west/drag
to talk about the east one moment and the west next
[解释]
说话、写文章条理很乱，没有重点
[Explanation]
to talk discursively
[例子]
当法官问他那笔钱到底是谁挪用了，他东拉西扯，想回避这个问题。
[Example]
When the judge asked him who on earth had used the money, he talked discursively and tried to avoid the question.
[英语等价词]
to chase red herrings
- Covering a wide field of subjects;rambling.
主题不明的，东拉西扯的包含很大范围的主题;杂乱无章的 - He wanders in his talk.
他说话东拉西扯。 - A rather discursive account of the events
对那些事件东拉西扯的描述. - The young man rambled on with an air of great consequence.
小伙子带着妄自尊大的神态没完没了地东拉西扯。 - Judith now entered into a desultory discourse with Deerslayer
尤蒂丝开始和打鹿将东拉西扯地闲聊起来。