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prolixity

/proh-lik-si-tee/US // proʊˈlɪk sɪ ti //

冗长的文字,冗长的语言,白话文,冗长的语速

Related Words

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pleonasm赘语,赘言,赘词,赘述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. 1
    • : the state or quality of being unnecessarily or tediously wordy; verbosity: The book offers food for thought but, for all its prolixity, fails to effectively explain what is at the core of irony as a rhetorical strategy.
    • : a tendency to speak or write at great or tedious length:As a communicator, the official suffers from a lethal mix of ailments: terminal prolixity, rampant hyperbole, and a preference for bureaucratic jargon.

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pleonasm赘语,赘言,赘词,赘述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

Examples

  • If I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.

  • Mrs. G. is extremely satisfied with my diligence and prolixity; but seems to wish that we would settle her account with Gilbert.

  • Soundings and courses and distances, are detailed with the tedious prolixity, and probably, with the uncertainty of the era.

  • Her patriotism knew no bounds, and her prolixity was much on the same scale.

  • Grotius's great attention was to avoid prolixity and confusion in his pleadings.

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