单词	circumlocution
释义	circumlocutioncir‧cum‧lo‧cu‧tion /ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən $ ˌsɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] formal Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Approximate synonyms, or else circumlocutions, are chosen to fill the gap. But whatever circumlocutions are conferred upon him, Simon would appear to be rather more obtrusive than some translators might wish. He had an aversion for proper names, employing instead a number of poetic circumlocutions. It takes a long time to say a little, because of all those circumlocutions. Shakespeare's narration has an excess of artifice and circumlocution. The Shakespearean illusions, the pose of madness and threat unraveling in chilling circumlocution. The whole thing was so oblique, so fiendish in its circumlocutions, that he did not want to accept it. They both knew, of course, that Hal was hearing every word, but they could not help these polite circumlocutions. the practice of using too many words to express an idea, instead of saying it directly—circumlocutory /ˌsɜːkəmˈlɒkjʊtəri/ adjective:  a circumlocutory reply
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