indirectとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɪndaɪˈɹɛkt/, /ˌɪndɪˈɹɛkt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪndəˈɹɛkt/, /ˌɪndaɪˈɹɛkt/
• 韻: -ɛkt

形容詞

indirect (comparative more indirect, superlative most indirect)

1. Not direct
   1. Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result

      The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.

   2. Not focused straight at the target or subject, but by more subtle means

      While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.

      Se asked him some indirect questions to ascertain whether he was single.

      • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 8, in The Myth of Mental Illness‎^[1], →ISBN, page 139-140:

        Indirect messages permit communicative contacts when, without them, the alternatives would be total inhibition, silence, and solitude on the one hand, or, on the other, communicative behavior that is direct, offensive, and hence forbidden. This is a painful choice. In actual practice, neither alternative is likely to result in the gratification of personal or sexual needs. In this dilemma, indirect communications provide a useful compromise. As an early move in the dating game, the young man might invite the young woman to dinner or to the movies.

   3. Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path

      In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination.

反意語

• direct

派生語

関連する語

• indirection

名詞

indirect (複数形 indirects)

1. (finance) An indirect cost.
   • 2002, Peter Watermeyer, Handbook for Process Plant Project Engineers:

     In the case of a piece of equipment such as a pump, the supplier's costs may be broken down into the directs of labour, material, and component costs on the one hand, and the indirects of customized engineering, sales, factory overheads, and order management costs on the other.