circumlocution

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

绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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

nounindirect speech

Synonyms

On Monday, Mitt Romney stumbled into another ugly-yet-true circumlocution.
Mr. Kedge, without any circumlocution, asked whether he remembered any clerk of the name of Gordon having been in the house.
I took him outside the camp and without any circumlocution related the facts concerning his sister and Kirst.
He always disdained circumlocution, prided himself upon the directness and simplicity of his address.
The Polish composer Sowinski declared without circumlocution that Chopin "wrote admirably for the orchestra."
I have little time and no taste for circumlocution; I cannot conceal from myself that I am no favorite with your sister.

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

绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白

n.名词 noun

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

nounindirect speech

Synonyms

On Monday, Mitt Romney stumbled into another ugly-yet-true circumlocution.
Mr. Kedge, without any circumlocution, asked whether he remembered any clerk of the name of Gordon having been in the house.
I took him outside the camp and without any circumlocution related the facts concerning his sister and Kirst.
He always disdained circumlocution, prided himself upon the directness and simplicity of his address.
The Polish composer Sowinski declared without circumlocution that Chopin "wrote admirably for the orchestra."
I have little time and no taste for circumlocution; I cannot conceal from myself that I am no favorite with your sister.