She said the United States is moving from mostly the direct exercise of power to what she called "a more sophisticated and difficult mix of indirect power and influence."

VOA: special.2010.05.29

A little indirect but not so indirect that is difficult to understand. You should use this often.

有一点委婉，但不至于委婉到让人难以理解。应当尽量多使用这种句型。

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It's a little bit more indirect, but it gets the same message across.

这种说法更为间接委婉，但也表达了相同的请求。

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The Palestinians have threatened to cancel indirect negotiations, which they agreed to only a few days ago.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

it's more indirect, more polite and a little bit less abrasive perhaps.

这样来得更委婉、有礼貌，也相对不会伤人感情。

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One projection indicates that 23,000 jobs with direct or indirect ties to the space industry, could be lost in Florida within a year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

There were indirect references to those problems. Sheila Jackson Lee, a U.S.congresswoman from Texas, reminded mourners that under the law, people are innocent unless proven guilty.

VOA: standard.2009.07.07

"I cannot see that there is a direct responsibility by Ratzinger for the reassignment of Huellermann to pastoral work - maybe an indirect one because that's where the buck stops, so to speak."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01