A certain kind of Briton prefers circumlocution and euphemism for even everyday speech.有一类英国人即使在日常言语中也喜欢使用迂回的说法和委婉语。

It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.每当你最想得到一个直截了当的回答时, 格林菲尔德总是绕来绕去。

They want to speak to the public directly, and not through the complicated circumlocutions of critics.他们想直接和公众对话, 而不是通过评论家复杂且迂回的表述。