circumlocution

听听怎么读

英 [ˌsɜ:kəmləˈkju:ʃn]

美 [ˌsɜrkəmləˈkjuʃn]

是什么意思

迂回的话语；托词；累赘的话；累赘的说法

变形

复数：circumlocutions

英英释义

circumlocution[ ,sə:kəmlə'kju:ʃən ]

n.
- a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
  同义词：periphrasisambage
- an indirect way of expressing something
  同义词：indirect expression

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He is a master at circumlocution.
他讲话很会兜圈子。
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。
The sort of circumlocution is required in nearly every use of a method that returns null in place of a zero length array.
类遁辞在几乎在零的长度列阵位置退回零位对方法的每个用途需要。

权威例句

Circumlocution in diagnostic medical queries
Circumlocution in diagnostic medical queries
Circumlocution in Diagnostic Medical Queries
Teaching the Art of Circumlocution
The Circumlocution Hall of Fame: and the winner is.
The Circumlocution Office: A Snapshot of Civil Service Reform
The use of circumlocution in the foreign language context
How to Avoid Language Breakdown? Circumlocution!
Circumlocution-induced naming (CIN): A treatment for effecting generalisation in anomia?
Circumlocution, Communication Strategies, and The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines: An Analysis of Student Discourse