红联英语单词
pleonasm
pleonasm什么意思,pleonasm翻译
基本解释
n.: 冗笔;冗述;赘述
网络: 冗言;冗词;赘语
权威解释
冗笔;冗述;赘述:
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’.
英汉解释
【修辞学】冗词,冗句,冗言
词性分析
复数:pleonasms
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.
假如你被邀请到一个学术讲座或试图给潜在的雇主留下深刻的印象,一点点的赘言无伤大雅。
Yet the historian who in retrospect speaks of inevitability is not indulging in a pleonasm.
可是,历史家回想过去而说出「不可避免」,他不是溺爱于使用这句废话。