indirect 音标拼音: [ɪndɚ'ɛkt]
a . 间接的,次要的,欺骗的
间接的,次要的,欺骗的
indirect 间接
indirect adj 1 :
having intervening factors or persons or influences ;
"
reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light "; "
indirect evidence "; "
an indirect cause "
2 :
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 " [
ant : {
direct }]
3 :
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines ;
"
cousins are collateral relatives "; "
an indirect descendant of the Stuarts " [
synonym : {
collateral }, {
indirect }] [
ant :
{
direct }, {
lineal }]
4 :
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 " [
ant :
{
direct }]
5 :
not as a direct effect or consequence ; "
indirect benefits ";
"
an indirect advantage "
Indirect \
In `
di *
rect "\,
a . [
Pref .
in -
not direct :
cf .
F .
indirect .]
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1 .
Not direct ;
not straight or rectilinear ;
deviating from a direct line or course ;
circuitous ;
as ,
an indirect road .
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2 .
Not tending to an aim ,
purpose ,
or result by the plainest course ,
or by obvious means ,
but obliquely or consequentially ;
by remote means ;
as ,
an indirect accusation ,
attack ,
answer ,
or proposal .
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By what bypaths and indirect ,
crooked ways I met this crown . --
Shak .
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3 .
Not straightforward or upright ;
unfair ;
dishonest ;
tending to mislead or deceive .
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Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other . --
Tillotson .
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4 .
Not resulting directly from an act or cause ,
but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it ;
as ,
indirect results ,
damages ,
or claims .
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5 . (
Logic &
Math .)
Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method ;
as ,
an indirect proof ,
demonstration ,
etc .
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{
Indirect claims },
claims for remote or consequential damage .
Such claims were presented to and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damage inflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisers built and supplied by Great Britain .
{
Indirect demonstration },
a mode of demonstration in which proof is given by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity (
reductio ad absurdum ),
or an impossibility ;
thus ,
one quantity may be proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greater nor less .
{
Indirect discourse }. (
Gram .)
See {
Direct discourse },
under {
Direct }.
{
Indirect evidence },
evidence or testimony which is circumstantial or inferential ,
but without witness ; --
opposed to {
direct evidence }.
{
Indirect tax },
a tax ,
such as customs ,
excises ,
etc .,
exacted directly from the merchant ,
but paid indirectly by the consumer in the higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise .
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Tax \
Tax \,
n . [
F .
taxe ,
fr .
taxer to tax ,
L .
taxare to touch ,
sharply ,
to feel ,
handle ,
to censure ,
value ,
estimate ,
fr .
tangere ,
tactum ,
to touch .
See {
Tangent },
and cf . {
Task },
{
Taste }.]
1 .
A charge ,
especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority .
Specifically :
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(
a )
A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government .
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A farmer of taxes is ,
of all creditors ,
proverbially the most rapacious . --
Macaulay .
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(
b )
Especially ,
the sum laid upon specific things ,
as upon polls ,
lands ,
houses ,
income ,
etc .;
as ,
a land tax ;
a window tax ;
a tax on carriages ,
and the like .
Note :
Taxes are {
annual }
or {
perpetual }, {
direct }
or {
indirect },
etc .
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(
c )
A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses .
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2 .
A task exacted from one who is under control ;
a contribution or service ,
the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject .
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3 .
A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge ;
as ,
a heavy tax on time or health .
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4 .
Charge ;
censure . [
Obs .] --
Clarendon .
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5 .
A lesson to be learned ;
a task . [
Obs .] --
Johnson .
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{
Tax cart },
a spring cart subject to a low tax . [
Eng .]
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Syn :
Impost ;
tribute ;
contribution ;
duty ;
toll ;
rate ;
assessment ;
exaction ;
custom ;
demand .
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142 Moby Thesaurus words for "
indirect ":
O -
shaped ,
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
accessory ,
accidental ,
additional ,
adscititious ,
adventitious ,
ambagious ,
amoral ,
ancillary ,
artful ,
backhand ,
backhanded ,
calculating ,
chiseling ,
circuitous ,
circular ,
circumambient ,
circumlocutional ,
circumlocutory ,
collateral ,
collusive ,
coming ,
conscienceless ,
contingent ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
covinous ,
crafty ,
criminal ,
crooked ,
cunning ,
dark ,
deceitful ,
deflectional ,
departing ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
dishonest ,
dishonorable ,
divagational ,
divergent ,
doubtful ,
dubious ,
duplicitous ,
errant ,
erratic ,
evasive ,
eventual ,
excursive ,
false ,
falsehearted ,
felonious ,
finagling ,
final ,
fishy ,
fraudulent ,
furtive ,
guileful ,
helical ,
ill -
got ,
ill -
gotten ,
immoral ,
incidental ,
insidious ,
labyrinthine ,
last ,
left -
handed ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
not kosher ,
oblique ,
orbital ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
periphrastic ,
planetary ,
questionable ,
rambling ,
rotary ,
rotten ,
round ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
scheming ,
secondary ,
serpentine ,
shady ,
shameless ,
sharp ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
side ,
sidelong ,
sinister ,
sinistral ,
sinuous ,
slippery ,
snaky ,
sneaking ,
sneaky ,
spiral ,
stray ,
subordinate ,
subsidiary ,
surreptitious ,
suspicious ,
swerving ,
tortuous ,
treacherous ,
trickish ,
tricky ,
turning ,
twisted ,
twisting ,
two -
faced ,
ultimate ,
unconscienced ,
unconscientious ,
unconscionable ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
undirected ,
unethical ,
unprincipled ,
unsavory ,
unscrupulous ,
unstraightforward ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
wandering ,
wily ,
winding ,
without remorse ,
without shame ,
zigzag
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