indirect

KK [ˏɪndɚˋɛkt] /ˌɪndɚˈɛkt/

形容詞

  1. 1

    間接的、非直接的

    Smoking has many indirect effects on the people around you.

    抽菸對周遭的人有許多間接的影響。

  2. 2

    迂迴的、繞道的

    We took an indirect route to avoid the traffic downtown.

    我們走了比較繞的路線,以避開市區的車潮。

  3. 3

    拐彎抹角的、委婉的、含蓄的

    Her answer was so indirect that nobody knew what she meant.

    她的回答拐彎抹角,沒人聽得懂她的意思。

  4. 4

    間接的文法

    Change these sentences into indirect speech for homework.

    作業是把這些句子改寫成間接引述。

indirect — 英漢字典