circumlocution

[美]/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
[英]/ˌsɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 迂回的话语,托词,累赘的说法。
词形变化

例句

He is a master of circumlocution, always avoiding direct answers.

他善于绕弯子,总是避免直接回答。

Her speech was filled with unnecessary circumlocution, making it hard to understand.

她的演讲充满了不必要的迂回,让人难以理解。

The politician's circumlocution frustrated the audience, who wanted clear answers.

政治家的绕弯子让观众感到沮丧,他们想要清晰的回答。

Using circumlocution can sometimes be seen as a way to appear more sophisticated.

有时使用迂回可以被视为一种显得更复杂的方式。

The lawyer's circumlocution confused the jury, leading to a mistrial.

律师的绕弯子让陪审团感到困惑,导致了审判无效。

Avoiding circumlocution in writing can make your message more clear and concise.

在写作中避免绕弯子可以使你的信息更清晰简洁。

The student's circumlocution in the presentation was a result of nervousness.

学生在演讲中的绕弯子是紧张的结果。

The professor encouraged students to avoid circumlocution and get straight to the point.

教授鼓励学生避免绕弯子,直奔主题。

The journalist's circumlocution in the interview frustrated the interviewee, who wanted direct answers.

记者在采访中的绕弯子让受访者感到沮丧,他想要直接的回答。

Using circumlocution in negotiations can sometimes be a strategic move to buy time.

在谈判中使用迂回有时可以作为一种策略性举动来争取时间。

原声例句

His decent reticence is branded as hypocrisy, his circumlocutions are roundly called lies, and his silence is vilified as treachery.

凡是这位牧师为了维护体面不便畅言的地方都被攻击为虚伪,凡是他铺陈赘述的章节则率直地被叫作谎言,作者对某些事情保持缄默则干脆被魏特布瑞希特-罗特霍尔兹斥之为背叛。

来源: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

She had a good honest glance and used no circumlocution.

她有一个很好的诚实的一瞥, 没有使用迂回的措辞。

来源: Middlemarch (Part Two)

Circumlocution means 'talking around something' and is assessed as a vocabulary skill.

Circumlocution 意思是“绕着某事谈论”,并被评估为一种词汇技能。

来源: English Learning Series 3

The press told him so openly, and his friends emphasized the fact by their circumlocutions and evasions.

新闻界如此公开地告诉他, 他的朋友们通过他们的迂回和回避来强调这一事实。

来源: Humans and Ghosts (Part 1)

' Mr. Losberne, who appeared desirous of gaining time, recounted them at great length, and with much circumlocution.

罗斯伯恩先生似乎急于争取时间,他用很长的篇幅和含糊不清的措辞详述了他们的经历。

来源: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

The ability to use your vocabulary to describe something you don't have the exact word for is called circumlocution.

使用你的词汇来描述你没有确切词的东西的能力被称为迂回。

来源: English Learning Series 3

" Nothing will be gained by circumlocution, Isabel, " said Newton, a faintly malicious twinkle in his eye, in his fat precise way.

" 不用转弯抹角了,伊莎贝尔," 牛顿带着他那种胖乎乎的、一丝不苟的神气说,一边略带恶意地眨了眨眼睛。

来源: Seek pleasure and have fun.

No affair had ever needed the assistance of deafness, impediments of speech, and all the incomprehensible circumlocutions with which Grandet enveloped his ideas, as much as the affair now in hand.

没有什么事情像现在手头的事情那样需要耳聋、语言障碍和格朗台用来笼罩他思想的所有难以理解的迂回曲折的帮助。

来源: Eugénie Grandet

But though I want to talk to you about the provinces for two hundred pages, I lack the requisite barbarity to make you undergo all the long-windedness and circumlocutions of a provincial dialogue.

但是,尽管我想用 200 页的篇幅与您谈论外省,但我缺乏必要的野蛮程度,无法让您经历外省对话的所有冗长和迂回曲折。

来源: The Red and the Black (Part One)

My measures are broken through: This order commands me to deliver up to you the Sister Agnes without delay; I am therefore obliged to inform you without circumlocution, that on Friday last, She expired'.

我的措施被突破了:此命令命令我立即将艾格尼丝修女交给您;因此,我不得不毫不含糊地通知您,上周五,她去世了。

来源: Monk (Part 1)

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