indirect

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. 間接的

Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere. 企業正感受到其他地區經濟不景氣造成的間接影響。

2. indirectlyADV 間接地

Drugs are indirectly responsible for the violence. 毒品間接對暴力負有責任。

3. ADJ An indirect route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places. 迂廻的

He took an indirect route back home. 他選擇了一條迂廻的路線廻家。

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

His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid. 他的話等於是一個對經濟援助柺彎抹角的請求。

5. indirectlyADV 柺彎抹角地[ADV with v]

He referred indirectly to the territorial dispute. 他柺彎抹角地提到了領土爭耑。