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了當?shù)幕卮饡r，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。
He is a master at circumlocution.
他講話很會兜圈子.
《簡明英漢詞典》
" 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.
《簡明英漢詞典》
This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
這種繁冗的遁辭常見于數(shù)學的許多部分分式中.
辭典例句
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了當?shù)幕卮饡r，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。
柯林斯例句
