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单词 pleonasm
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pleonasm
noun[CorU]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈpliː.ə.næz.əm/us
/ˈpliː.ə.næz.əm/
the use of more words than areneededtoexpressameaning, done eitherunintentionallyor foremphasis; anexampleof this:
Anexampleof pleonasm might be "kickit withyourfeet".
There is aloosenessin his writing, as in the pleonasm "I myself".
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  • Properlyspeaking, “in his ownthinking” is a pleonasm; every man mustthinkfor himself, no one canthinkfor another.
  • "Man-mademoney" is a pleonasm that Iwishhe would not use, because itsuggeststhatmoneycan be something other thanman-made.
  • There are severalinstancesof pleonasm,truism,poorsyntax, andmixedmetaphor.
  • Thespeechmight also beconsideredanexampleof pleonasm, "the use of more words than thosenecessarytodenotemeresense".
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pleonastic
(Definition ofpleonasmfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
pleonasm
noun[CorU]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈpliː.ə.næz.əm/us
/ˈpliː.ə.næz.əm/
the use of more words than areneededtoexpressameaning, or anexampleof this
冗笔，赘述；冗词，赘句
Properlyspeaking, “in his ownthinking” is pleonasm because every man mustthinkfor himself and no one canthinkfor another.可以说"在自己的思考中"是一种赘述，因为每个人都必须亲自思考，没有人可以替别人思考。

Examplesofpleonasm

pleonasm
Observe that the antiphrasis 'popular democracy' is made more cruel by the use ofpleonasm.
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The title is almost apleonasm: the watchful guardian, the careful caregiver.
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They tend to be more like the prose either because they are closely modelled on it or because of the absence from them ofpleonasm.
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Draftsmen, though wrongly accused sometimes ofpleonasmand excess of verbiage, do not normally waste a subsection for an unnecessary purpose.
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I am not sure whether they are a redundancy, a tautology or apleonasm, but they are certainly superfluous.
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It is apleonasmactually.
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Many other examples ofpleonasmare redundant only if the speaker's knowledge is taken into account.
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Linguists usually call this redundancy to avoid confusion with syntacticpleonasm, a more important phenomenon for theoretical linguistics.
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A more general classification of redundancy ispleonasm, which can be any unnecessary words (or even word parts).
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Sometimes editors and grammatical stylists will usepleonasmto describe simple wordiness.
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The termpleonasmis most often, however, employed as synonymous with tautology.
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On the other hand, as is the case with any literary or rhetorical effect, excessive use ofpleonasmweakens writing and speech; superfluous words distract from the content.
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In particular,pleonasmsometimes serves the same function as rhetorical repetitionit can be used to reinforce an idea, contention or question, rendering writing clearer and easier to understand.
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See also tautology (rhetoric) andpleonasm.
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The members of a student fraternity can be called frat(ernity) boys, technically preferable to thepleonasmfrat-bro(ther), and remain so for life as adults, after graduation.
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