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单词 circumlocution
释义
circumlocution
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌsɜː.kəm.ləˈkjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌsɝː.kəm.ləˈkjuː.ʃən/
(anexampleof) anindirectway of saying something,especiallysomethingunpleasant:
（尤指对不好的事情的）迂回曲折的说法；婉转语，遁词
"Economical with thetruth" is a circumlocution for "lying".“对实情惜字如金”是“撒谎”的委婉说法。
Politicians areexpertsin circumlocution.政客们极擅长拐弯抹角地讲话。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
  • bury the ledeidiom
  • candy coat
  • candy coating
  • candy-coated
  • circumlocutory
  • euphemism
  • hedge
  • hedging
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • indirectly
  • lede
  • mincing
  • move offsomething/on (tosomething)
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • sanitize
  • sidestep
  • stray
  • veil
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circumlocutory
(Definition ofcircumlocutionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcircumlocution

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Although some viewcircumlocutionas pathological, it can be of great value in maintaining communication.
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One can also encouragecircumlocution, describing a word without using the word itself.
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Can usecircumlocutionand paraphrase to cover gaps in vocabulary and structure.
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With it one can formulate properties of functions that would otherwise requirecircumlocutionand notational fuss.
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They employed, instead, sly ambiguities and insinuating circumlocutions.
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Presumably, then, a decrease in redundancy (despite the growing importance of tonal traits) would lead to circumlocutions which, when lexicalised, may re-enter the erosion phase.
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There are several involuntary repetitions of words and phrases, some unintelligible speech (jargon), circumlocutions, and problems of word-finding.
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Instead, it must turn to periphrasis orcircumlocutionas the only strategies for articulating the intended notion.
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Linguistic analyses of the narratives revealed an overall decrease in the use of the communication strategies over time, but an increased use ofcircumlocution.
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The second day, the learner once again initially avoided the form by using acircumlocution.
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To describe the time scale and location of this process, avoiding unnecessarily long circumlocutions, it is convenient to introduce some notation and terminology.
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Has a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions.
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In the case ofcircumlocution, the speaker encodes the conceptual features of the intended lexical item separately, thus changing the whole of the preverbal chunk.
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Arabic is mystical and stresses connotations, flowery expressions, circumlocutions, cliches and abstract diction.
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However, there may have been considerably more occurrences of gaps for the learners, but, because they did not previously usecircumlocution, the gap was not observable to the researchers.
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