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periphrastic [ˌpɛrəˈfræstɪk]

adj. 委婉的,迂回的,冗长的;

例句:

  • 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。
  • 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.
  • Can't have periphrastic showboaters like that telling us what we can and can't write.
    来自THETIMES
  • Orang-utan is not the local name, though, it's a European coining in periphrastic Malay.
    来自THETIMES