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circumlocutory

/sur-kuhm-loh-kyoo-shuhn/US // ˌsɜr kəm loʊˈkyu ʃən //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən) //

旁敲侧击,周边,旁证,旁敲侧击的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
    • : a roundabout expression.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inindirect
Synonyms
ambiguous含糊不清,含糊不清的,模糊不清,模糊不清的ancillary辅助的,辅助性的,辅助性,附属的circuitous迂回的,迂回,迂回曲折,迂腐的implied隐含的,隐含,暗示的,隐含着incidental偶然的,附带的,偶发性的,偶发的oblique偏斜,偏斜的,倾斜的,歪歪斜斜tortuous曲折的,迂回的,迂回曲折,弯弯曲曲的collateral抵押品,担保品,抵押物,抵押品类circular通报,通告,通函,通稿complicated复杂的,复杂,错综复杂的,错综复杂contingent特遣队,特遣队员,特遣队成员,特遣队的crooked弯曲的,歪歪扭扭,歪曲,歪曲的devious狡猾的,奸诈的,邪恶的,狡诈的discursive辨证的,辨析性的,辨析性,辨证法duplicitous两面派,两面三刀,奸诈的,奸诈erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常eventual最终,最终的,最终的结果long长,长的,长时间,长期long way home归途漫漫,漫漫归途,长途跋涉,漫漫人生路long-drawn-out旷日持久的,旷日持久的拖延,旷日持久,冗长long-winded啰嗦,啰嗦的,啰里啰嗦的,啰里啰嗦meandering蜿蜒曲折,弯弯曲曲的,弯弯曲曲,蜿蜒曲折的obscure模糊不清,不明显,不明显的,无名小卒out-of-the-way荒僻的,荒僻的地方,僻远的,僻静的periphrastic缩略语,句法,句式,补语rambling漫无边际,胡言乱语,漫无边际的,漫无目的secondary次级,次要的,二级,次级的serpentine蛇形结构,蛇形,蛇形线,蛇形的sidelong旁敲侧击,侧身,侧面,侧面的sinister邪恶的,阴险,狰狞,阴险的sinuous蜿蜒曲折的,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒的,蜿蜒snaking蛇行,蛇形,蜿蜒曲折,蛇形结构sneaking偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,偷偷摸摸地,鬼鬼祟祟sneaky鬼鬼祟祟,鬼鬼祟祟的,偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的subsidiary附属机构,附属公司,附属,附属的twisting缠绕,扭曲,缠绕的,捻线underhand低头族,劣势,劣质的,劣势地位vagrant流浪者,流浪汉,无业游民,游荡者wandering游荡的,游荡,流浪的,游荡的人winding缠绕,绕组,蜿蜒曲折,缠绕的zigzag之字形,之字型,之字形的,人字形
as inverbose
as indiffuse

Examples

  • To come to the point, without any circumlocutory delay, I am a young man with aspirations far above my station in life.

  • It will require perhaps a little circumlocutory exposition to show this, but here it is.

  • Certainly I was born under Cancer, and all my movements are circumlocutory, sideways, and crab-like.

  • He hears real discussion; he learns to pick men for higher work; and saves many hours of circumlocutory writing.

  • It is only thus that we can become free—by a circumlocutory process of self-abnegation, self-sacrifice and self-annihilation.