dis·cur·sive
adjective/dɪˈskɜːsɪv/
/dɪˈskɜːrsɪv/
(formal)- (of a style of writing or speaking) moving from one point to another without any strict structure
东拉西扯的;离题的;不着边际的 - the discursive style of the novel
这部小说的散漫风格 - Poetry is closer to music than to the more extended and discursive literary forms.
相对于更宽泛和散漫的文学形式,诗歌更接近音乐。 - The meetings were informal, discursive, even gossipy.
会议是非正式的、漫无目的的,甚至是八卦的。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discurs-, literally ‘gone hastily to and fro’, from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away’ + currere ‘to run’. - the discursive style of the novel