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小词详解 | oblique
oblique 英 [əˈbliːk] 美 [əˈbliːk]
That left them little reason to return to the same question, unless they found more neat data or a new oblique approach.
这让他们没有理由重复验证同样的问题,除非他们找到更齐整的数据或巧妙的新方法。
——《经济学人》But the bad guy’s remark pays oblique homage to the longevity of the “Die Hard” franchise, which made a movie star of Bruce Willis in 1988, and also perhaps to its patriarchal, populist politics.
但是这个反派角色的话是在隐晦地向《虎胆龙威》系列的长久生命力致敬——这个系列在1988年使布鲁斯·威利斯成了电影明星——同时也可能是在向其中父权式的、平民主义的政治理念致敬。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 没有以直接的方式表达的或者做的
He gave her miniature roses an oblique glance.
他斜了她的小玫瑰花一眼。Through the pristine window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine.
最后几束余晖透过崭新的窗户斜射进来。
隐约提及;间接途径;婉转的评论
an oblique reference/approach/comment指桑骂槐
make oblique accusations她好几次拐弯抹角地提及目前的财政状况。
She made several oblique references to the current fiscal situation.
Her ears were very wide apart, her saddle deep, a fine head marked with a black star, a very long neck, strongly articulated knees, prominent ribs, oblique shoulders and a powerful crupper.
两只耳朵分得很开,脊梁凹。细长的头上有一颗黑星,脖子很长,膝骨非常突出,肋宽,肩斜,臀部壮大。
implicit: suggested though not directly expressed roundabout: not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory circuitous: (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way