oblique

遠回しの、間接的な

物事を直接はっきり言わず、それとなく伝える様子。

やさしい英語で： Suggesting something without saying it directly or clearly.

• His oblique answer confused me.
• She made an oblique reference to the argument.
• Was that an oblique criticism of our work?

使い方： oblique reference to something (She made an oblique reference to his debts.)

類義語： indirect, roundabout

反対語： direct, explicit

よく使う表現： oblique reference, oblique comment, oblique criticism, oblique answer

斜めの、傾斜した

垂直や水平ではなく、角度をつけて傾いている様子。

やさしい英語で： Sloping at an angle rather than going straight up, down, or across.

• An oblique line crossed the page.
• Sunlight reached the wall at an oblique angle.
• The artist added several oblique strokes.

類義語： slanting, slanted, diagonal

よく使う表現： oblique line, oblique angle, oblique type, oblique plane