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.
例句
Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere...企業(yè)感受到了別處經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退帶來(lái)的間接影響。Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war...作為戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的間接后果,數(shù)百萬(wàn)人可能會(huì)死于饑餓。
ADJ-GRADED
(路線、行程等)迂回的，非直達(dá)的
An indirect route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places.
例句
The goods went by a rather indirect route.這些貨物運(yùn)輸時(shí)走了一條非常迂回的路線。
ADJ-GRADED
(話語(yǔ)或信息)含蓄的,拐彎抹角的
Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly.
例句
His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid...他的話相當(dāng)于拐彎抹角地請(qǐng)求經(jīng)濟(jì)援助。There were indirect references to his opponent...隱晦提到了他的反對(duì)者。
英漢詞典釋義
adv.
間接地;迂回地;婉轉(zhuǎn)地;不坦率地
measures which directly or indirectly impinge upon women’s lives直接或間接影響女性生活的措施They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通過(guò)一位中間人，他們進(jìn)行了間接接觸。