circumlocutions

circumlocutions

美 [?s?rk?ml??kju?(?)n] 　英 [?s??(r)k?ml??kju??(?)n]

• n.遁辭；婉轉曲折(的說法)；語言冗長
• 網絡迂回表述；迂回語言；迂回表達法

詞形變化

復數：circumlocutions  

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英漢解釋

n.	1. 躲閃,遁辭;婉轉曲折(的說法) 2. 語言冗長,啰唆

英英解釋

n.	1. the use of too many words to say something, especially in order to avoid saying something clearly

例句

It was the letter of a mode graduate student, polite, detailed, highly organized, with the usual academic circumlocutions.

這是標準的研究生的手筆，彬彬有禮，一絲不茍，層次分明，同時也有點一般學究的八股腔。

Stutterers frequently attempt to avoid feared words and sounds by word substitutions, circumlocutions or paraphrasing the utterance.

口吃者經常試圖通過詞語的替代，委婉表述或解釋這個詞語來逃避恐懼性詞語或語音。

the circumlocutions of a candidate who wished to win friends on both sides of every issue

為了在每一問題贏取兩邊支持的候選人的模棱兩可說法

the emphasis of diplomatic protocol on its own strange set of polite circumlocutions

以那套奇怪的禮貌、委婉的講話法為外交禮節的重點