periphrastic

英[ˌperɪ'fræstɪk] 美[ˌperɪ'fræstɪk]
  • adj. 迂回曲折的;[语]迂说法的
GRE
Adjective:
  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

    "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
    "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."

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。

来自辞典例句

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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