曲言

曲言是語言學的修辭手法。不是委婉語，也叫間接肯定法, 反語法，或保守的陳述， 掩飾

基本介紹

• 中文名：曲言
• 外文名：Litotes or Understatement
• 解釋：語言學的修辭手法
• 別名：間接肯定法, 反語法

定義

曲言是語言學的修辭手法。不是委婉語，也叫間接肯定法, 反語法，或保守的陳述, 掩飾【Litotes or Understatement】

輕描淡寫

( 用rather, quite, pretty, almost, a bit代替very )

She’s rather good-looking. He has written quite a number of novels. My friend was a bit upset by his son’s death. She was a little annoyed when she found her valuable vase broken.

用反說代替正說

( 常用含蓄的否定的方式，常使用no, not, never, none, little, hardly等)

The man is no fool. He has no small chance of success. I couldn’t be happier.

His teacher said he wasn’t very bright and that he wasn’t worth teaching.

He conducted the experiment with no little enthusiasm. Similar mistakes are not uncommon.

弦外之音

( 婉轉說法，用於代替直言不諱)

The beauty of Guilin is more than I can describe. You should have been here earlier.

修辭介紹

英語有約50種修辭格，常用的有隱喻、提喻、借喻、擬人、明喻、委婉、影射、迂迴、曲言、專有名詞普通化、移覺修飾、幽默、諷刺、反語、嘲弄、歧義、設問、對仗、急止、仿文、對偶、省略、並置、排比等這些修辭格使用起來都有一定程度的間接感，前面十來個間接性更加明顯，尤以隱喻為間接之榜首。

曲言漢語解釋

1、婉言。 2、猶曲解。 3、違心的話。4、迂迴交流，中心不變，猶如貌離神合。