the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
(尤指故弄玄虚或推托时使用的)迂回的说法,累赘的话,遁词
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his admission came after years of circumlocution 他蒙混了几年才承认
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he used a number of poetic circumlocutions .他用了一些迂回曲折的诗歌用语。
"late Middle English: from Latin