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circumlocution是什么意思

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;

相关单词 circumlocutions

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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. 总是在你最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

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