🗣️circumlocution (サーカムロキューション)

noun
/ˌsɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
遠回しの言い回し (tokomawashi no iimawashi)

意味

the use of many words when fewer would do, especially to avoid stating something directly
意味の翻訳
少ない言葉で済むところで、多くの言葉を使うこと、特に何かを直接言わないようにするため
sukunai kotoba de sumu tokoro de, ōku no kotoba o tsukau koto, toku ni nanika o chokusetsu iwanai yō ni suru tame

例文

The politician's speech was filled with circumlocution.

政治家のスピーチは遠回しの言い回しで満ちていた。
Seijika no supīchi wa tokomawashi no iimawashi de michite ita.

同義語

wordiness, verbosity, periphrasis, redundancy

対義語

conciseness, brevity, directness

コロケーション

political circumlocution, filled with circumlocution, avoid circumlocution

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