🗣️circumlocution (sā kè mù luò kè xùn)

noun
/ˌsɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃn/
拐弯抹角 (guǎi wān mò jiǎo)

含义

the use of many words when fewer would do, especially to avoid stating something directly
含义翻译
当少说几句话就能表达意思时,使用更多的词语,特别是为了避免直接说出某事
dāng shǎo shuō jǐ jù huà jiù néng biǎo dá yìsi shí, shǐyòng gèng duō de cí yǔ, tèbié shì wèile bìmiǎn zhíjiē shuōchū mǒu shì

例句

The politician's speech was filled with circumlocution.

政治家的演讲充满了拐弯抹角。
Zhèngzhìjiā de yǎnjiǎng chōngmǎnle guǎiwān mòjiǎo.

同义词

wordiness, verbosity, periphrasis, redundancy

反义词

conciseness, brevity, directness

搭配词

political circumlocution, filled with circumlocution, avoid circumlocution

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