periphrastic

英 [,per?'fr?st?k] 美[,p?r?'fr?st?k]
  • adj. 迂回的;冗長(zhǎng)的;委婉的

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詞態(tài)變化


名詞:?periphrasis;

英文詞源


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

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.
約翰正在對(duì)陳腐的詩(shī)風(fēng)做迂回冗長(zhǎng)的研究。

來(lái)自辭典例句

2. Most finite verbal forms diachronically derive from nominalizations and periphrastic constructions with auxiliary verbs.
副詞,后置詞幾乎完全都有名詞性的,形容詞性的或動(dòng)詞性的起源.

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