circumlocution
英 [,s??k?ml?'kju??(?)n]
美[,s?k?ml?'kju??n]
- n. 婉轉曲折的說法，累贅的陳述；遁辭
實用場景例句
- It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
- 總是在你最想得到一個直截了當的回答時，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He is a master at circumlocution.
- 他講話很會兜圈子.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- " The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".
- “ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你嬸子 ” 的累贅的說法.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
- 這種繁冗的遁辭常見于數學的許多部分分式中.
辭典例句
- It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
- 總是在你最想得到一個直截了當的回答時，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。
柯林斯例句