circumlocutory

GRE

英[ˌsɜ:kəmlə\'kju:tərɪ]
美[ˌsɜkəmlə\'kjutərɪ]

基本释义

adj.
(行文说话等)委婉曲折的,迂回的

词性变化

实用例句

I entered the village by the little circumlocutory lane.

我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。

辞典例句

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

    "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"

    "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)

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