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prolix

/proh-liks, proh-liks/US // proʊˈlɪks, ˈproʊ lɪks //UK // (ˈprəʊlɪks, prəʊˈlɪks) //

冗长的文字,冗长,冗赘,冗赘的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
    • : given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

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Examples

  • Or perhaps poetic justice demands that the life of an unstoppably prolix author be parceled out in multiple, overlapping volumes.

  • Glenn Greenwald is raising a stink about this in his usual prolix way, and so on and so on.

  • Wordplay Bradlee could be prolix or pithy, as suited his ends.

  • When they stopped for lack of breath, Master Baptist would ask questions, which usually called forth prolix replies.

  • It is prolix, and in many parts whimsical; but contains some of the boldest reasonings to be found in print.

  • I grant that they deck Nature with somewhat too prolix a grace; but is beauty always best seen in deshabille?

  • Baha's style is rhetorical, verbose, prolix, but with a certain strength.

  • This excuse may serve in lieu of a better for the somewhat prolix method in which these rules are presented.