periphrastic
英 [,per?'fr?st?k]
美[,p?r?'fr?st?k]
- adj. 迂回的；冗长的；委婉的
GRE
词态变化
名词:?periphrasis;
英文词源
- periphrastic (adj.)
- 1805, from French périphrastique and directly from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein (see periphrasis). Related: Periphrastical (1630s).
双语例句
- 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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