1 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 间接的;非直接的 An indirect result or effect is not caused immediately and obviously by a thing or person, but happens because of something else that they have done. 间接的;非直接的
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Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere.
企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。
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Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war.
作为战争的间接后果,数百万人可能会死于饥饿。
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His influence has been profound, but it has been indirect.
他的影响是深远的,但不是直接的。
SYN related, accompanying, secondary, subsidiary
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Drugs are indirectly responsible for the violence.
毒品是暴力产生的间接原因。
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The president is indirectly elected by parliament.
总统由议会间接选出。
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Indirectly, I did cause her death. I shouldn't have left her there.
的确，她的死是我间接造成的。我不该把她留在那里。
2 ADJ-GRADED (路线、行程等)迂回的，非直达的 An indirect route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places. (路线、行程等)迂回的，非直达的
SYN circuitous, winding, roundabout, curving
3 ADJ-GRADED (话语或信息)含蓄的,拐弯抹角的 Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly. (话语或信息)含蓄的,拐弯抹角的
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His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid.
他的话相当于拐弯抹角地请求经济援助。
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There were indirect references to his opponent.
隐晦提到了他的反对者。
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So far the evidence is only indirect.
目前的证据仅仅是间接的。
SYN oblique, implied, roundabout, backhanded
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