形容詞 indirect:

1. having intervening factors or persons or influences
2. not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
3. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
   同義詞：collateral
4. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
5. not as a direct effect or consequence

1. In indirect speech, `He said, ``I will come''' becomes `He said he would come.'
   ｀他說: 　我要來.　＇在間接引語中變成｀他說他要來.＇
2. Something insinuated, especially an artfully indirect, often derogatory suggestion.
   影射影射的事情，特別是巧妙地間接的，通常是貶義的暗示
3. His indirect way of telling me to leave annoyed me.
   他那種不直截了當(dāng)?shù)刈屛译x開的方式激怒了我。
4. The accident was the indirect result of the train being late.
   引發(fā)事故的間接原因是火車晚點(diǎn)。

in.di.rect

adj.（形容詞）
Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
曲折的：偏離直路的；迂回的

Not proceeding straight to the point or object.
間接的：不是直接達(dá)到目的或終點(diǎn)的
Not forthright and candid; devious.
不坦率的：不直截了當(dāng)?shù)?、不坦白的；欺騙的
Not directly planned for; secondary:
間接的，次要的：不是打算直接取得的；第二步的：
例句：
indirect benefits.
間接的收益

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:
非直接引用的：為了上下文語法的正確，在引用別人的原話時(shí)對(duì)原話的詞語作必要的更改：
例句：
indirect discourse.
間接引語

Logic Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement`s negation.
【邏輯學(xué)】 間接證明的，反證的：是、屬于或與間接證明方法有關(guān)的，即通過表明論點(diǎn)對(duì)立面的不可能性或荒謬性，來證明論點(diǎn)的正確性

【引伸】
in.direct.ly
adv.（副詞）
in.direct.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>indirect,circuitous,roundaboutThese adjectives mean not leading by a direct or straight line or course to a destination.
這些形容詞的意思是.并非通過一條直線或直路達(dá)到目的的.。
Indirect implies a deviation from the shortest route between starting point and destination:
Indirect 暗指偏離起點(diǎn)與終點(diǎn)之間的最短路途：
例句：
Sometimes taking the indirect path saves time.
有時(shí)不走直道反倒可以節(jié)省時(shí)間。

Circuitous suggests a twisting or winding and lengthy course:
Circuitous 表明彎曲或環(huán)狀的長路：
例句：
We had to take a circuitous route because of an accident on the turnpike.
由于收費(fèi)公路上發(fā)生了事故，我們不得不走一條彎路。

Roundabout implies taking a course that circles:
Roundabout 暗指所走的路成圓環(huán)形：
例句：
I chose a roundabout road to avoid the rush-hour traffic. In their extended sensesthe terms are applied to something that is not open and straightforward;they sometimes imply an effort to evade or deceive:
我繞了個(gè)圈，以避開高峰時(shí)的車流。 這些詞具有引申義，用以指那些不公開的或不直截了當(dāng)?shù)氖挛?；它們有時(shí)也指那些掩蓋事實(shí)或欺騙別人的努力：

例句：
.Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion. (Thomas Browne).
.壓迫是宗教產(chǎn)生的一個(gè)壞的間接原因. （托馬斯·布朗）。

例句：
His explanation was circuitous and puzzling.
他的解釋在兜圈子，讓人費(fèi)解。

例句：
.I heard in a roundabout way that she`s going to marry an old neighborof theirs. (Arthur S.M. Hutchinson).
.我間接地聽人說起，她要嫁給他們過去的一個(gè)鄰居. （阿瑟·S·M·哈欽森）