not directly caused by or resulting from something 间接引起的,间接导致的 full employment would have an indirect effect on wage levels. 充分就业将对工资水平产生间接影响。 ■not done directly; conducted through intermediaries 间接进行的;通过媒介(或中间人)进行的 local government under the indirect control of the British. 在英国间接控制下的当地政府。 ■(of costs) deriving from overhead charges or subsidiary work (费用)来自间接费用的;来自副业的 ■(of taxation) levied on goods and services rather than income or profits (税款)征自货物(或服务)(非所得税或利润税)的,间接课税的
(of a route) not straight; not following the shortest way (路线)曲折的,迂回的 ■(of lighting) from a concealed source and diffusely reflected (照明)间接的,漫射(或反射)过来的 ■(Soccer)denoting a free kick from which a goal may not be scored directly (英足)(任意球)间接射门的
avoiding direct mention or exposition of a subject 不直截了当的,间接提及的,迂回说明的 an indirect attack on the Archbishop. 对大主教的间接攻击。
派生 indirectly adverb indirectness noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'not in full grammatical concord'): from medieval Latin indirectus, from in- 'not' + directus (see direct)