| 正面 | circumlocution |
|---|---|
| 背面 | 【考法 1】n.绕圈子的说话: the use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language, evasion in speech 【例】The other son of your parents' is a circumlocution for your brother 你父母的其他儿子是你兄弟的绕圈子的说法。 【近】equivocation, shuffle, tergiversation 【反】pithy utters, straightforward utter, express succinctly 简洁地表达；direct encounter 直接面对 【派】circumlocutory a绕圈子的 【反】direct 直接的 【考法 2】n.冗长: the use of too many words to express an idea 【例】your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution你的论文要 求是5页，但是那5页都是实质内容，不是废话。 【近】diffuseness, diffusion, long-windedness, prolixity, redundancy, verbalism, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness 【反】conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness, terseness 简洁 |
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