circumlocution

[美國]/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
[英國]/ˌsɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 迂迴的話語,託詞,累贅的說法。
Word Forms

例句

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

他善於繞彎子,總是避免直接回答。

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

她的演講充滿了不必要的迂迴,讓人難以理解。

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

政治家的繞彎子讓觀衆感到沮喪,他們想要清晰的回答。

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

有時使用迂迴可以被視爲一種顯得更復雜的方式。

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

律師的繞彎子讓陪審團感到困惑,導致了審判無效。

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

在寫作中避免繞彎子可以使你的信息更清晰簡潔。

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

學生在演講中的繞彎子是緊張的結果。

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

教授鼓勵學生避免繞彎子,直奔主題。

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

記者在採訪中的繞彎子讓受訪者感到沮喪,他想要直接的回答。

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

在談判中使用迂迴有時可以作爲一種策略性舉動來爭取時間。

原聲例句

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

凡是這位牧師爲了維護體面不便暢言的地方都被攻擊爲虛僞,凡是他鋪陳贅述的章節則率直地被叫作謊言,作者對某些事情保持緘默則乾脆被魏特布瑞希特-羅特霍爾茲斥之爲背叛。

來源: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

She had a good honest glance and used no circumlocution.

她有一個很好的誠實的一瞥, 沒有使用迂迴的措辭。

來源: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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

Circumlocution 意思是“繞着某事談論”,並被評估爲一種詞彙技能。

來源: English Learning Series 3

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

新聞界如此公開地告訴他, 他的朋友們通過他們的迂迴和迴避來強調這一事實。

來源: Humans and Ghosts (Part 1)

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

羅斯伯恩先生似乎急於爭取時間,他用很長的篇幅和含糊不清的措辭詳述了他們的經歷。

來源: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

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

使用你的詞彙來描述你沒有確切詞的東西的能力被稱爲迂迴。

來源: 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.

" 不用轉彎抹角了,伊莎貝爾," 牛頓帶着他那種胖乎乎的、一絲不苟的神氣說,一邊略帶惡意地眨了眨眼睛。

來源: 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.

沒有什麼事情像現在手頭的事情那樣需要耳聾、語言障礙和格朗臺用來籠罩他思想的所有難以理解的迂迴曲折的幫助。

來源: 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,儘管我想用 200 頁的篇幅與您談論外省,但我缺乏必要的野蠻程度,無法讓您經歷外省對話的所有冗長和迂迴曲折。

來源: 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:此命令命令我立即將艾格尼絲修女交給您;因此,我不得不毫不含糊地通知您,上週五,她去世了。

來源: Monk (Part 1)

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