1. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;

   "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"
   

1.离题的;东拉西扯的;不着边际的
If a style of writing isdiscursive, it includes a lot of facts or opinions that are not necessarily relevant.

e.g. ...a livelier, more candid and morediscursive treatment of the subject.
对该主题的更生动、更坦率、更发散性的论述

1. 推论的：作者认为,在对个人身体构成实质性的伤害的暴力经历之外存在着一种推论的(discursive)和经过粉饰的暴力,持续的对人们的心智构成损害,瓦解和削弱人们找寻连续性和意义的能力,如果这种暴力普遍深入和持续下去,它的影响就会超过个人伤害的层次,

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2. 散乱无章的：discriminate 辨别 |discursive 散乱无章的 | disdain 鄙视

3. discursive的翻译

3. 散漫的, 不得要领的：riksha 黄包车, 人力车 |discursive 散漫的, 不得要领的 | prismatic colour 棱镜色彩 光谱的七色(红、橙、黄、绿、青、蓝、紫)

4. 散漫的：discursion 漫谈离题 |discursive 散漫的 |discursively 东拉西扯地

• My reading has been rather discursive.

  出自：H. G. Wells