circumlocution
导读：circumlocution英[ˌsɜ:kəmləˈkju:ʃn]美[ˌsɜrkəmləˈkjuʃn]n.迂回的话语，托词，累赘的话，累赘的说法；复数：circumlocutions; 形容词：circumlocutory; 例句“The wife of
circumlocution
英[ˌsɜ:kəmləˈkju:ʃn]美[ˌsɜrkəmləˈkjuʃn]
n.迂回的话语，托词，累赘的话，累赘的说法；
复数：circumlocutions;
形容词：circumlocutory;
例句
“The wife of your father’s brother” is a circumlocution for “your aunt”.“你爸爸的兄弟的妻子”是“你婶子”的累赘的说法。
This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.这种繁冗的遁辞常见于数学的许多部分分式中.
He is a master at circumlocution.他讲话很会兜圈子.
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.总是在你*想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-VAR
婉转曲折的表达法;迂回表达
A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
例句
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.总是在你*想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。英汉词典释义
n.
迂回的话语
He is a master at circumlocution.他讲话很会兜圈子。托词,推诿的话
累赘的话;累赘的说法
“The wife of your father’s brother” is a circumlocution for “your aunt”.“你爸爸的兄弟的妻子”是“你婶子”的累赘的说法。adj.
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
2. an indirect way of expressing something
