And when we do, we describe them in very roundabout ways.

当我们这样做时，我们会以非常迂回的方式描述它们。

[laughs] Like, this is such a roundabout way to do that.

拉蒂夫：[笑]就像，这是一种迂回的方式来做到这一点。

It's - you know, it's a very roundabout way of subsidizing higher education.

这是——你知道，这是补贴高等教育的一种非常迂回的方式。

Negroes are tireless gossipers, which, of course, is but a roundabout way of saying that they are human.

黑人是不知疲倦的八卦者，当然，这只是说他们是人的迂回方式。

And then, how he loved Scarlett! How sweet of him to take this roundabout way of sparing Scarlett one of the loads she carried!

他以这种迂回而妥当的办法来免除思嘉肩上的一个负担，这是多么可爱的行为啊！

So the area of that parallelogram is a sort of screwy, roundabout way to describe the vector's Y cordon.

所以平行四边形的面积是一种扭曲的 迂回的方式来描述矢量的Y线。

Which brings us back, in a very roundabout way, to the fundamental problem of how early Chinese historians wrote their history.

这让我们以一种非常迂回的方式回到了中国早期历史学家如何书写历史这一根本问题上。

It's kind of a roundabout way of doing things, compared to the neat equation we were able to use to find derivatives.

这是一种迂回的做事方式，相比 用我们用来求导数的方程。

So I always wanted to be an actress, and have taken, I think, a roundabout way to get there because I still don't feel fulfilled as an actress.

所以我一直想成为一名演员，我想，我已经采取了一个迂回的方式来实现，因为我仍然没有作为一个演员的那种成就感。

If Socrates is one of these men, it is foolish to go the roundabout way through 'all men are mortal' to arrive at the conclusion that probably Socrates is mortal.

如果苏格拉底是这些人中的一员，那么通过“人都会死”的迂回方式得出苏格拉底可能会死的结论是愚蠢的。

After a last consultation, the guide announced that he was ready for the attempt, and advanced, followed by the others. They took a roundabout way, so as to get at the pagoda on the rear.

商量好之后，向导说马上就出发。福克、路路通和柯罗马蒂便跟在后面，他们要从侧面接近庇拉吉庙，因此绕了一个相当大的圈子。

No doubt this is a tiresome and roundabout way of saying the thing, yet perhaps it is worth while to get somewhat clearly in our mind what makes all the trouble to-day.

毫无疑问，这是一种令人厌烦和拐弯抹角的说法， 但也许值得在我们的脑海中稍微弄清楚是什么造成了今天的麻烦。

So now, instead of saying you're bossy, you're supposed to say you have executive leadership skills, which is a very roundabout way of saying you're a little cun I'm just waiting for the right moment to, like, become a housewife.

所以现在 与其说你是专横的 你应该说你有执行领导技能 这是一个非常委婉的方式来表示你是一个小寸 我只是在等待合适的时机 比如 成为一个家庭主妇。