英語單詞

circumlocution是什麽意思

circumlocution

英 [,sɜːkəmlə'kjuːʃ(ə)n] 美 [,sɝkəmlə'kjuʃən]
  • n. 婉轉曲折的說法,累贅的陳述;遁辭

中文詞源


circumlocution 迂回說法

circum-,圈,周圍,-loc,說,見locution,colloquy.

英文詞源


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).

雙語例句


1. " The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".
“ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你嬸子 ” 的累贅的說法.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He is a master at circumlocution.
他講話很會兜圈子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
總是在你最想得到一個直截了當的回答時,格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。

來自柯林斯例句

4. This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
這種繁冗的遁辭常見於數學的許多部分分式中.

來自辭典例句

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