periphrastic的意思

periphrastic

英式音标[,pɛrə'fræstɪk]
美式英标[,perɪ'fræstɪk]

基本解释

adj. 迂回的；冗长的；委婉的

英文词源

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。

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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