circumlocutory

英[ˌsɜːkəmlə'kjuːtəri] 美[ˌsɜːkəmlə'kjuːtəri]
  • adj. 委婉曲折的;迂回的
GRE
Adjective:
  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

    "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
    "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."

1. I entered the village by the little circumlocutory lane.
我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。

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