单词 | circumlocution |
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音标 | [`sə:kəmlə'kju:ʃən] |
解释 | n.迂回累赘的陈述 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 迂回累赘的陈述 (a roundabout, lengthy way of expressing something) 【考】 反义词:succinctnes s(简洁) 【记】 circum(绕圈)+locu( 说话)+tion 【同】 同根词: loquacious(多话的); locution(说话方式) |
字源 | circumlocution (n.) c.1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum- "around" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (see locution). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis). |
不择手段背单词 | n. 迂回累赘的话(使用不必要的、啰嗦的、迂回的语言) 【记】circum圈, locu = loqu说: 绕圈说-迂回累赘的陈述 【参】loquacious(adj 多话的); locution(n 独特的措辞, 说话风格) 【反】succinctness(n 简洁); express succinctly(简练的表达); pithy utters = utter concisely = straightforward utter(简练的说话); circumlocutory(adj 说话委婉的)-direct encounter(直接面对)/straightforward(adj 正直坦率的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】locution 说,惯用语,说话风格 【相关】allocution 正式演讲,circumlocution 迂回的说,elocution 演说术,interlocutory对话的,locution 惯用语,说话风格 |
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