circumlocution
英 [,sɜːkəmlə'kjuːʃ(ə)n]
美 [,sɝkəmlə'kjuʃən]
双语例句
- 1. " The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".
- “ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你婶子 ” 的累赘的说法.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He is a master at circumlocution.
- 他讲话很会兜圈子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句