periphrastic


adj. 迂回的;冗长的;委婉的

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periphrastic (adj.)
1805, from French périphrastique and directly from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein (see periphrasis). Related: Periphrastical (1630s).

实用例句

1. John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.
约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。
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2. Most finite verbal forms diachronically derive from nominalizations and periphrastic constructions with auxiliary verbs.
副词,后置词几乎完全都有名词性的,形容词性的或动词性的起源.
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