pleonasm

pleonasm

美 [?pli??næz?m] 　英 [?pli???næz(?)m]

  • n.冗筆；冗述；贅述
  • 網絡冗言；冗詞；贅語

詞形變化

復數：pleonasms  

英漢雙解

n.
1.
冗筆；冗述；贅述the use of more words than are necessary to express a meaning. For example, ‘see with your eyes’ is a pleonasm because the same meaning can be expressed using ‘see’.

英漢解釋

n.
1.
【語】冗詞,冗句,冗言

英英解釋

n.

例句

If you were invited to an academic conference or were trying to impress a potential employer, a bit of pleonasm couldn't hurt.

假如你被邀請到一個學術講座或試圖給潛在的雇主留下深刻的印象，一點點的贅言無傷大雅。

Yet the historian who in retrospect speaks of inevitability is not indulging in a pleonasm.

可是，歷史家回想過去而說出「不可避免」，他不是溺愛于使用這句廢話。