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in.di.rect NOT OBVIOUS.In7daI5rektadjhappening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or not obvious间接的Benefits from pure research are often indirect, and it is usually impossible to predict what they will be.纯研究的益处常常是间接的，通常不可能预见。Further investment in road building will have indirect consequences, such as less freight being moved by rail.在公路建设上的进一步投资将产生间接后果，比如降低铁路的货运量。Dating of fossils is often confirmed by indirect evidence (=that with a different, but related, cause), for example by dating the soil they were found in.化石的年代通常是通过间接的证据确定的，比如通过确定它们被发现时所在土壤的年代。Indirect can also mean avoiding clearly mentioning something.非直截了当的He didn't really say exactly what the plans for the future were, but just made a few indirect remarks about the need for change.他并没有真正地说未来的规划究竟是什么，而只是间接提到需要变革。
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