talk round
1．persuade； convince劝说；说服At first my friend refused to fall in with the scheme we had suggested， but eventually I managed to talk him round．起初我的朋友不同意我们提出的计划，但我终于设法说服了他。
I don't know whether I can talk him round．我不知道我能否使他回心转意。
2．avoid approaching（a subject）directly兜圈子谈（问题）
He didn't really come to the point；he just talked round it．他其实并没有讲到点子上，而只是在兜圈子。