ahem

exclamation

1. （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
   1. Ahem, can I make a suggestion?
      呃哼，我可以提个建议吗？

1. CONVENTION 呃哼（用于书面语中表示讽刺意味或用于引起注意）
   In writing, ahem is used to show that someone is being ironic. Ahem is also used to show that someone wants to get another person's attention.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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）。
8. Colin cleared his throat," Ahem!"
   科林清了清嗓子，“嗯哼！”
9. That is, read the, ahem, fine manuals, man pages, release notes, README, and other documentation that accompanies each piece of software you operate.
   也就是，阅读手册、手册页、发布说明、README和软件附带的其他文档。
10. 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。
11. I've had this ahem for a anniversary now.
    我这样咳嗽已经一周了。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. Ahem! Said the mouse with an important air.
    “啊哼！”耗子神气十足地说。
16. 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。
17. 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。

noun

1. the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat

   Synonym:    hem