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I0107800 (ĭn′dĭ-rĕkt′, -dī-)adj.1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.2. a. Not proceeding straight to the point or object.b. Not forthright and candid; devious.3. Not directly planned for; secondary: indirect benefits.4. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included: indirect discourse.5. Logic Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation.6. Sports Being an indirect free kick.

in′di·rect′ly adv.in′di·rect′ness n.

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(ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt) adj1. deviating from a direct course or line; roundabout; circuitous2. not coming as a direct effect or consequence; secondary: indirect benefits. 3. not straightforward, open, or fair; devious or evasive: an indirect insult. 4. (of a title or an inheritance) not inherited in an unbroken line of succession from father to son ˌindiˈrectly adv ˌindiˈrectness n

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(ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt, -daɪ-)

adj. 1. deviating from a straight line, as a path. 2. not resulting directly or immediately, as effects or consequences. 3. not direct in action or procedure. 4. devious; not straightforward. 5. not direct in bearing, application, force, etc.: indirect evidence. 6. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of indirect speech. 7. not descending in a direct line of succession, as a title or inheritance. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin] in`di•rect′ly, adv. in`di•rect′ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	indirect - having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"mediate - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
	2.	indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"direct - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
	3.	indirect - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"collateralrelated - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
	4.	indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
	5.	indirect - not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

indirect

adjective1. related, accompanying, secondary, subsidiary, contingent, collateral, incidental, unintended, ancillary, concomitant They are feeling the indirect effects of the recession elsewhere.2. circuitous, winding, roundabout, curving, wandering, rambling, deviant, meandering, tortuous, zigzag, long-drawn-out, circumlocutory The goods went by a rather indirect route.
circuitous direct, straight, straightforward, uninterrupted, undeviating3. oblique, implied, roundabout, backhanded, evasive, circuitous, sidelong, circumlocutory, periphrastic His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for aid.

indirect

adjective1. Not taking a direct or straight line or course:anfractuous, circuitous, circular, devious, oblique, roundabout, tortuous.2. Marked by treachery or deceit:devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, lubricious, shifty, sneaky, underhand, underhanded.

Translations

间接的不直截了当的迂回的

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(indiˈrekt) adjective1. not leading straight to the destination; not direct. We arrived late because we took rather an indirect route.迂回的2. not straightforward. I asked her several questions but she kept giving me indirect answers.不直截了当的3. not intended; not directly aimed at. an indirect result.间接的ˌindiˈrectness noun间接indirect object the word in a sentence which stands for the person or thing to or for whom something is given, done etc. In `Give me the book', `Tell the children a story', `Boil John an egg', me, the children and John are indirect objects.间接宾语indirect speech a person's words as they are reported rather than in the form in which they were said. He said that he would come is the form in indirect speech of He said `I will come'.间接引语

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adj descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

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adj not as a direct effect or consequence

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