n. 1.语言冗长，?唆。 2.躲闪，遁辞；婉转曲折(的说法)。 短语和例子 C- Office 拖拉衙门 〔Dickens 小说 Little Dorrit 中办事拖拉的官僚机关〕。
Example Sentences:
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This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics . 这种繁冗的遁辞常见于数学的许多部分分式中。
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It was the letter of a mode graduate student, polite, detailed, highly organized, with the usual academic circumlocutions . 这是标准的研究生的手笔，彬彬有礼，一丝不苟，层次分明，同时也有点一般学究的八股腔。
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" sir , " said madame de saint - m ran , without using any circumlocution , and as if fearing she had no time to lose , " you wrote to me concerning the marriage of this child ? “阁下， ”圣梅朗夫人开门见山地说，象是怕她的时间不够用似的， “写信告诉我说，已经在为这个孩子准备婚事了？ ”
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Pentagonese - a style of language characterized by the use of euphemisms , technical jargon , acronyms , and circumlocutions , used esp . by people working in the u . s . military establishment 五角大厦语：以术语，首字缩写，淡化语气，且重修饰的文体，特别是美国军方体系的人员所用的文体。
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Also , without being actually positive , it struck him a great field was to be opened up in the line of opening up new routes to keep pace with the times apropos of the fishguard - rosslare route which , it was mooted , was once more on the tapis in the circumlocution departments with the usual quantity of red tape and dillydallying of effete fogeydom and dunderheads generally 此外，虽然不到具体实施的程度，他脑子里还浮现出一个想法：为了与时代步调一致，应开拓新天地，开辟新航路。恰当的例子就是菲什加德-罗斯莱尔航路82 。人们纷纷说，经交通省提出后，照例由于衙门冗繁的文牍主义，因循姑息，吊儿郎当，净是蠢才，至今仍在反复审议中83 。
