periphrastic
英 [,per?'fr?st?k]
美[,p?r?'fr?st?k]
- adj. 迂回的；冗長的；委婉的
GRE
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).
雙語例句
- 1. John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.
- 約翰正在對陳腐的詩風做迂回冗長的研究。
來自辭典例句
- 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,形容詞性的或動詞性的起源.
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