indirectly
adv. 间接地; 迂回地; 婉转地; 不坦率地
An indirect result or effect is not caused immediately and obviously by a thing or person, but happens because of something else that they have done.
Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere...
企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。
Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war...
作为战争的间接后果,数百万人可能会死于饥饿。
An indirect route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places.
The goods went by a rather indirect route.
这些货物运输时走了一条非常迂回的路线。
Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly.
His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid...
他的话相当于拐弯抹角地请求经济援助。
There were indirect references to his opponent...
隐晦提到了他的反对者。
1. not in a forthright manner;
Indirectly, I did cause her death. I shouldn'thave left her there.
的确,她的死是我间接造成的。我不该把她留在那里。
The two sides would only meet indirectly, through middlemen.
双方只会通过中间人间接接触。
The president is indirectly elected by parliament.
总统由议会间接选出。
He referred indirectly to the territorial dispute.
他含蓄地提及了领土争端。
Drugs are indirectly responsible for the violence.
毒品是暴力产生的间接原因。