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
GRE
詞態變化
復數:?circumlocutions;形容詞:?circumlocutory;
中文詞源
circumlocution 迂回說法
circum-,圈，周圍，-loc,說，見locution,colloquy.
英文詞源
- circumlocution (n.)
- c. 1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum- "around" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (see locution). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis).
雙語例句
- 1. " 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He is a master at circumlocution.
- 他講話很會兜圈子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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.
來自辭典例句