discursive

adjective

/dɪˈskɜːsɪv/

/dɪˈskɜːrsɪv/

(formal)

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(of a style of writing or speaking书面或口头表达方式) moving from one point to another without any strict structure东拉西扯的；离题的；不着边际的
- the discursive style of the novel这部小说的散漫风格
- Poetry is closer to music than to the more extended and discursive literary forms.相对于更宽泛和散漫的文学形式，诗歌更接近音乐。
- The meetings were informal, discursive, even gossipy.会议是非正式的，随意的，甚至是闲聊的。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discurs-, literally ‘gone hastily to and fro’, from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away’ + currere ‘to run’.