circumlocution

circumlocution

英 [,sɜːkəmlə'kjuːʃ(ə)n]
　　美 [,sɝkəmlə'kjuʃən]

n. 婉轉曲折的說法，累贅的陳述；遁辭

中文詞源：

circumlocution 迂回說法

circum-,圈，周圍，-loc,說，見locution,colloquy.

例句：

1. " The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".
“ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你嬸子 ” 的累贅的說法.

2. He is a master at circumlocution.
他講話很會兜圈子.

3. It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
總是在你最想得到一個直截瞭當的回答時，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。

4. This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
這種繁冗的遁辭常見於數學的許多部分分式中.