indirect /ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt, -daɪ-/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ 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

  例：

  Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere.

  企业正感受到其他地区经济不景气造成的间接影响。

• 2. 

  indirectly ADV 间接地

  例：

  Drugs are indirectly responsible for the violence.

  毒品间接对暴力负有责任。

• 3. 

  ADJ An indirect route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places. 迂回的

  例：

  He took an indirect route back home.

  他选择了一条迂回的路线回家。

• 4. 

  ADJ Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly. 拐弯抹角的

  例：

  His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid.

  他的话等于是一个对经济援助拐弯抹角的请求。

• 5. 

  indirectly ADV 拐弯抹角地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  He referred indirectly to the territorial dispute.

  他拐弯抹角地提到了领土争端。