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;

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。

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。
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
  2. an indirect way of expressing something