circumlocution

• n. 婉转曲折的说法，累赘的陈述；遁辞

1. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

2. an indirect way of expressing something

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He is a master at circumlocution.

他讲话很会兜圈子.

《简明英汉词典》

" 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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

辞典例句

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。

柯林斯例句

circum-,圈，周围，-loc,说，见locution,colloquy.

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

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).