discursive
adjective /dɪˈskɜːsɪv/
/dɪˈskɜːrsɪv/
(formal)- (of a style of writing or speaking
) moving from one point to another without any strict structure书面或口头表达方式 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。
词源late 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’. - the discursive style of the novel