circumlocutory
英[ˌsɜːkəmlə'kjuːtəri]
美[ˌsɜːkəmlə'kjuːtəri]
- adj. 委婉曲折的；迂回的
GRE
详细释义
Adjective:
-
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;
"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
"A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."
双语例句
- 1. I entered the village by the little circumlocutory lane.
- 我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。
来自辞典例句
用法讲解
- circumlocution 迂回累赘的陈述...
相关词汇
- roundabout 绕道的
- periphrastic 迂回曲折的
- indirect 间接的
- meandering 曲径
- circuitous 迂回的
- convoluted 旋绕的
- oblique 间接的
- tortuous 弯曲的
- ambagious 迂远的
- circumlocutious 迂回的
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