英语单词“circumlocutory”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 circumlocutory 释义 circumlocutoryadjectiveformaluk

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• Thebookis written in anerudite, circumlocutoryform.
• Theannouncementwas a little circumlocutory.
• He is areservedman with ahesitant, circumlocutorymanner.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Digressing and being indirect or evasive

• bury the ledeidiom
• candy coat
• candy coating
• candy-coated
• circumnavigation
• euphemism
• hedge
• implicit
• implicitly
• indirectly
• lede
• mincing
• move offsomething/on (tosomething)
• obfuscate
• obfuscation
• obscure
• sanitize
• sidestep
• stray
• veil

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(Definition ofcircumlocutoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/circumlocutory##