pleonasm

单词pleonasm

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。