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(dāng)?shù)幕卮饡r，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。

He is a master at circumlocution.

他講話很會兜圈子.

《簡明英漢詞典》

" 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.

《簡明英漢詞典》

This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.

這種繁冗的遁辭常見于數(shù)學(xué)的許多部分分式中.

辭典例句

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(dāng)?shù)幕卮饡r，格林菲爾德卻要繞上十八個彎。

柯林斯例句