Circumlocution



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 迂回累赘的陈述
• ［英］ n. 迂回累赘的陈述 ( a roundabout, lengthy way of expressing something)
• ［类］ 反义词: succinctness ( 简洁)
• ［记］ circum ( 绕圈) +locu ( 说话) +tion
• ［同］ 同根词: loquacious ( 多话的) ; locution ( 说话方式)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English circumlocucyon, from Latin circumlocution-, circumlocutio, from circum- + locutio speech, from loqui to speak
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
• 2. evasion in speech
• ? circumlocutory adjective

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