circumlocution
circumlocution 英 [ˌsɜ:kəmləˈkju:ʃn] 美 [ˌsɜrkəmləˈkjuʃn]
n. 婉转曲折的说法，累赘的陈述；遁辞
名词复数:circumlocutions
- Circumlocution is a long, complicated word which means a long, complicated way of expressing something. To cut to the chase, circumlocution means to beat around the bush.
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- n. 婉转曲折的说法，累赘的陈述；遁辞
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1. With typical circumlocution, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently said as much.
沙特的阿卜杜拉国王最近也同样语意婉转说了不少。
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2. The musical beauty, moreover, is shown by the aesthetics of equilibrium, complication, cadence and of circumlocution.
文学语言的音乐美又表现为回环美、抑扬美、均衡美和错综美。
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3. Good writers differ from poor writers in the use of strategies of adjusting or approximating the message, using circumlocution or synonym, discussing feelings with others, and empathizing with others.
好的写作者比差的写作者更多的使用调整或回避策略、使用迂回或同义词策略、以及与人同感策略。 但差生比好生更多地使用与别人谈论感受策略。
- circumlocution (n.) "a roundabout way of speaking, studied indirection or evasiveness in speaking or writing," c. 1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum "around, round about" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak"). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis). Related: Circumlocutionary.
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