It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
总是在你最想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
He is a master at circumlocution.
他讲话很会兜圈子.
《简明英汉词典》
" The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".
“ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你婶子 ” 的累赘的说法.
《简明英汉词典》
This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
这种繁冗的遁辞常见于数学的许多部分分式中.
辞典例句
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
总是在你最想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。
柯林斯例句