indirect

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪn.daɪˈɹɛkt/|/ˌɪn.dɪˈɹɛkt/    美 /ˌɪn.dɪˈɹɛkt/|/ˌɪn.dəˈɹɛkt/|/ˌɪn.daɪˈɹɛkt/|/ˌɪn.dɪˈɹekt/|/ˌɪn.dɑɪˈɹekt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An indirect cost.
    — In the case of a piece of equipment such as a pump, the supplier's costs may be broken down into the directs of labour, material, and component costs on the one hand, and the indirects of customized engineering, sales, factory overheads, and order management costs on the other.
  2. An indirect radiator.
    — Indirect radiators are seldom installed except for rooms on the first or second floors; and in the former case the duct, D, is very short, and in the latter it is usually from 12 to 16 feet long. It should be stated in this connection that indirects of large size should be spread out as much as possible so as to give a large area against the current of air.
动词 v.
  1. To access by means of indirection; to dereference. transitive
    — The X operations access the data fields by indirecting through the _rep pointer.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not direct
    — While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.
  2. Not direct:; Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
    — The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.
  3. Not direct:; Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
  4. Not direct:; Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
    — In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination.
  5. Not direct:; Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
  6. Figuratively
  7. Figuratively; Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt. archaic
    — Did you, by indirect, and forced courſes / Subdue, and poyſon this tong Maides affections? / Or came it by requeſt, and ſuch faire queſtion / As ſoule, to ſoule affordeth?

词形变化

more indirect comparative most indirect superlative indirects plural indirects present,singular,third-person indirecting participle,present indirected participle,past indirected past

词汇关系

反义词
direct
衍生词
free indirect discourse free indirect style indirect anagram indirect cost indirect dye indirect election indirect fire indirect free kick indirectivity indirect kiss indirectly indirect maternal death indirectness indirect object indirect predation indirect procurement indirect question indirect quotation indirect red card indirect report indirect speech indirect tax indirect transitive
相关词
indirection

词源

词源 1
From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus (“not direct”).
词源 2
From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus (“not direct”).
词源 3
From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus (“not direct”).
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