柯林斯詞典circumlocution /?s??k?ml??kju???n/ (circumlocutions) 1. N-VAR A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct. 托詞; 推諉的話[正式] 返回 circumlocution劍橋詞典(an example of) an indirect way of saying something, especially something unpleasant （尤指對不好的事情的）迂回曲折的說法；婉轉(zhuǎn)語，遁詞 "Economical with the truth " is a circumlocution for "lying ". “對實(shí)情惜字如金”是“撒謊”的委婉說法。 Politicians are experts in circumlocution. 政客們極擅長拐彎抹角地講話。 返回 circumlocution