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indirection

/in-duh-rek-shuhn, -dahy-/US // ˌɪn dəˈrɛk ʃən, -daɪ- //UK // (ˌɪndɪˈrɛkʃən) //

指向性,指向,指示性,指示

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : indirect action or procedure.
    • : a roundabout course or method.
    • : a lack of direction or goal; aimlessness: His efforts were marked by indirection and indecisiveness.
    • : deceitful or dishonest dealing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundishonesty
Synonyms
artifice构造,构造物,构造性,构造的bunk铺位,下铺,卧铺,铺盖cheating作弊,作弊行为,欺骗,欺骗行为chicane驰道,岔路口,岔道,岔道口chicanery诡计多端,狡诈,狡猾,巧取豪夺corruption腐败,贪污,腐蚀,腐败问题craft工艺,手工艺,手艺,手工艺品craftiness工艺性,狡猾性,狡猾,狡诈criminality犯罪行为,犯罪,犯罪活动,犯罪率crookedness歪曲,歪曲性,歪斜,弯曲度cunning狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,狡诈deceit骗术,骗局,欺骗,骗人deviousness歪风邪气,狡诈,偏差,歪风double-dealing两面派,两面三刀,双轨制,两面派手法duplicity二重性,二元性,两性关系,二心faithlessness无信,无信行为,无信仰,无信的人falsehood谬误,谬论,假话,虚伪性falsity假话,虚假性,假的,虚假flimflam虚张声势,骗局,虚伪性,虚张声势的行为fraud欺诈,诈骗,欺诈行为,欺骗fraudulence欺诈行为,欺诈,诈骗,欺诈性graft嫁接,移植,嫁接法,嫁妆guile狡诈,狡猾,狡猾的人,狡辩hocus-pocus变戏法,骗人,骗人的东西,骗局infamy臭名昭著,恶名昭彰,声名狼藉,恶名infidelity不忠,不忠行为,不忠心,不忠贞insidiousness阴险,隐蔽性,阴险狡诈,隐匿性mendacity伪装,伪善,虚伪,虚伪性perfidiousness无耻之徒,无耻,无耻行为,无耻之极perfidy背信弃义,敷衍了事,渎职,敷衍racket球拍,拍子,球杆,球棒rascality流氓行为,无赖行为,无赖,无赖行径shadiness阴暗面,遮蔽性,遮盖性,阴暗shiftiness转移性,转移,转变,转向slyness狡猾,狡猾性,狡猾的人,狡诈sneakiness偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,偷偷摸摸地,偷偷的stealing偷窃,偷盗,偷窃行为,偷窃罪swindle诈骗,诓骗,拐骗,骗人treachery背信弃义,奸诈,奸诈行为,诡诈trickery花招,伎俩,诡计,诡计多端trickiness伎俩,技巧性,诡计多端,技巧unscrupulousness不良行为,不择手段,不廉洁,不良现象wiliness毅力,意志力,意志,顽固性fourberie四个月,四个人,四个月的时间,四个月前hanky-panky手拉手,花花公子,手淫,手拉手活动improbity不确定性,凑巧的是,凑巧性,凑巧sharp practice犀利的做法,尖锐的实践,犀利的实践,锋利的实践underhandedness暗箱操作,不正当手段,不正当竞争,潜规则

Examples

  • True, the landlord could not by any hint or indirection discover from whence his midnight visitor came.

  • Of course it was done honestly; nobody suspects the Mayor of Boston of double-dealing, of intrigue, or of any indirection!

  • "It is not impossible that I shall want them myself," responded Bean, unconsciously adopting the Tully indirection.

  • All direct approaches failing, at last he tried indirection.

  • He refers to this second wife once by indirection, thus: "The children of Laura are no longer motherless."