读音

/ɪnˈdɪrɛkt/

释义

• 形容词: 不直接的；绕道的；不坦率的。例如: “The message was delivered indirectly through a friend.”
• 副词: 间接地；不直接地。例如: “The heat from the stove was transferred indirectly to the pot.”

短语

• “indirect speech” 指转述别人的话，而不是直接引用原话。
• “indirect object” 在句子中，接在及物动词后面，但不是动作的直接承受者。

例句

• 形容词: “The effect of the policy on the economy is often indirect and hard to predict.”
• 副词: “She learned about the news indirectly from a colleague.”

同义词

• Roundabout
• Circuitous
• Indirectly
• Through intermediaries
• Oblique