circumlocution
英式音标：circumlocution怎么读
美式音标：circumlocution怎么读
词汇归类： GRE
circumlocution词义
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n. 婉转曲折的说法，累赘的陈述；遁辞
词态变化
复数: circumlocutions;形容词: circumlocutory;
中文词源
circumlocution 迂回说法
circum-,圈，周围，-loc,说，见locution,colloquy.
circumlocution双语例句
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- 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英文词源
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- 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).
circumlocution实用场景例句
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- 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