circumlocution
circumlocution
[ˌsəːkəmləˈkjuːʃ(ə)n]
noun
circumlocutory
[-ˈlɒkjʊt(ə)ri]
adjective
语源
[ˌsəːkəmləˈkjuːʃ(ə)n]
noun
- [mass noun]the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
（尤指故弄玄虚或推托时使用的）迂回的说法，累赘的话，遁词
his admission came after years of circumlocution.
他蒙混了几年才承认。
[count noun]he used a number of poetic circumlocutions.
他用了相当数量迂回曲折的诗歌用语。
circumlocutory
[-ˈlɒkjʊt(ə)ri]
adjective
语源
- late Middle English: from Latin circumlocutio(n-) (translating Greek periphrasis), from circum 'around' + locutio(n-) from loqui 'speak'
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