circumlocution

circumlocution [ˌsɜ:kəmləˈkju:ʃn]  [ˌsɜ:rkəmləˈkju:ʃn] 

第三人称复数:circumlocutions

circumlocution 基本解释

名词累赘的话; 托词; 迂回的话语; 累赘的说法

circumlocution 网络解释

1. 婉转曲折的说法:benignant 仁慈,亲切的 | circumlocution 婉转曲折的说法 | circumscribe 限制,立界限

2. 迂回操作:circumference 圆周 | circumlocution 迂回操作 | circumnutation 回旋转头运动

3. 婉转的说法:circumlittoral 沿海的 | circumlocution 婉转的说法 | circumlocutory 委婉曲折的

4. 说话绕圈的:circumference圆周的 | circumlocution说话绕圈的 | circumvent 绕行v

circumlocution 词典解释

1. 婉转曲折的表达法;迂回表达
    A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.

    e.g. 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。

circumlocution 英英释义

noun

1. an indirect way of expressing something

    Synonym: indirect expression

2. circumlocution的解释

2. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

    Synonym: periphrasis ambage