circumlocution
n. 迂迴的話語; 託詞; 累贅的話; 累贅的說法
A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
總是在你最想得到一個直截了當的回答時,格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。
1. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
2. an indirect way of expressing something
He is a master at circumlocution.
他講話很會兜圈子.
" The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".
“ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你嬸子 ” 的累贅的說法.
This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
這種繁冗的遁辭常見於數學的許多部分分式中.
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
總是在你最想得到一個直截了當的回答時,格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。