They complained that my writing was becoming too discursive. 他们抱怨我的文章变得太散漫的。
The Freudian text is an exercise in discursive power which subversively points to the impossibility of its claim to power-generating knowledge. 佛洛德式的文字,是种推论力量的操演,这种操演,颠覆性的指向其所谓"产生力量的知识"(调)不可能性。
Examine how random events and novel occurrences are formatted into familiar, predictable, and recurring categories, each with its own pre-existing discursive model. 检验任一事件以及新鲜事,虽然具有杂乱的形式,最后如何被格式化成通俗、预知以及循环发生的范畴。
discursive
[ adj ]
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
<adj.all>
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
<adj.all> amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things a rambling discursive book his excursive remarks a rambling speech about this and that
Discursive \Dis*cur"sive\, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See {Discourse}, and cf. {Discoursive}.] 1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. ``Discursive notices.'' --De Quincey.
The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt.
A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. --Milton. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*cur"sive*ness}, n.
The tale of Wizen River unfolds easily in Annie's discursive voice, captivating as dish from the town gossip over a backyard fence.
On the stump, he is frequently awkward and discursive.