locution

• 慣用句

ラテン語の loqui「言う」から、語源的には loquacious, circumlocution と同じである。

locution (n.)

"style of speech," early 15c., from Latin locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolk(w)- (cognates: Old Irish ad-tluch- "to thank," to-tluch- "to ask;" Old Church Slavonic tloko "interpretation, explanation"). Related: Locutionary.

1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.

国務省もこの老いぼれた慣用語を使い続けており、音のしないホイッスルを吹いているようだ。

2.The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.

国務省もこの老いぼれた慣用語を使い続けている。吹かないホイッスルを吹いているようなものだ。

3.In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution .

デザイナーが自分で書くことを考慮する必要がない場合があります。