pleonasm
/plee-uh-naz-uhm/US // ˈpli əˌnæz əm //UK // (ˈpliːəˌnæzəm) //
赘语,赘言,赘词,赘述
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diffusion扩散,传播,扩散性,扩散作用rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令redundancy冗余,冗余度,冗长,冗长的garrulity乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的事情copiousness丰富性,丰富的内容,丰富,丰富的verbosity动词,动词量,多余性,动词的数量circumlocution绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白diffuseness扩散性,弥散性,扩散度,扩散verboseness动词性,动词,动词词性,动词错误verbiage言语,语言文字,语词,语气词loquacity顽固不化,胆怯,胆量,顽固性prolixity冗长的文字,冗长的语言,白话文,冗长的语速repetition重复,重复性,重复的,重复性的logorrhea逻各斯,逻各斯症,逻各斯病,逻各斯氏症tautology同义词,同义反复,同义语,冗词windiness风度,风味,风力,防风long-windedness啰嗦,啰里啰嗦,啰里啰嗦的,啰嗦话loquaciousness褊狭性,褊狭主义,褊狭,褊狭的人redundance冗长,冗余,冗员,冗赘wordage字数,词汇量,字词,词条
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- : an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.
- : a redundant word or expression.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounwordiness
Synonyms
circumlocution绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白copiousness丰富性,丰富的内容,丰富,丰富的diffuseness扩散性,弥散性,扩散度,扩散diffusion扩散,传播,扩散性,扩散作用garrulity乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的事情logorrhea逻各斯,逻各斯症,逻各斯病,逻各斯氏症long-windedness啰嗦,啰里啰嗦,啰里啰嗦的,啰嗦话loquaciousness褊狭性,褊狭主义,褊狭,褊狭的人loquacity顽固不化,胆怯,胆量,顽固性prolixity冗长的文字,冗长的语言,白话文,冗长的语速redundance冗长,冗余,冗员,冗赘redundancy冗余,冗余度,冗长,冗长的repetition重复,重复性,重复的,重复性的rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令tautology同义词,同义反复,同义语,冗词verbiage言语,语言文字,语词,语气词verboseness动词性,动词,动词词性,动词错误verbosity动词,动词量,多余性,动词的数量windiness风度,风味,风力,防风wordage字数,词汇量,字词,词条
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Examples
Redundancy or pleonasm is the use of more words than are necessary to express the thought clearly.
The preceding examples illustrate an apparent paradox, viz., the fact of pleonasm and ellipsis being closely allied.
Accompany her among her female friends and female enemies (if that is no pleonasm), and look at her!
We have spoken of "true worship;" the expression is a pleonasm.
The pleonasm is explained by the divergence of French and ME.
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