It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.

总是在你最想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He is a master at circumlocution.

他讲话很会兜圈子.

《简明英汉词典》

" The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".

“ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你婶子 ” 的累赘的说法.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

辞典例句

It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.

总是在你最想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。

柯林斯例句