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单词 pleonastic
释义
pleonastic
adjective
languagespecialized
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/ˌpliː.əˈnæs.tɪk/us
/ˌpliː.əˈnæs.tɪk/
using more words than areneededtoexpressameaning, eitherunintentionallyor foremphasis:
冗述的；赘述的
Theproseis often pleonastic innature.散文在本质上往往是冗长重复的。
Some pleonasticphrases, such as "tunafish" or "advancereservation",becomepartofnormalidiom.像“金枪鱼鱼”或“提前预约”这种同义反复的短语已经变成了日常习语。
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  • "Get it forfree" is pleonastic - it is onlynecessaryto say "Get itfree".
  • Out ofcontext, theprepositionalphrasesmaylookpleonastic.
  • The pleonastic use of the thirdpersonpersonalpronounseemsto have beencommonin allperiodsofEnglish.
  • Pleonasticredundancydoes not make a phraseungrammatical.
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Too much and unnecessary
(Definition ofpleonasticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpleonastic

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Some people regard such usages aspleonastic, and avoid them or disparage them, but this does not prevent them from being widely employed.
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Developing this account in greater detail would carry us too far afield, however, requiring a reexamination ofpleonasticstrategies and transitivity constraints on passives.
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The strategy of rewriting might seempleonastic, but it serves two functions.
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It seems to be a littlepleonastic.
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Both sentences are grammatically correct, but the word "that" ispleonasticin this case.
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Generally the future is assumed, making most constructions of this sortpleonastic.
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It ispleonasticto refer to a class action as a class action suit.
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Pleonasticuses are not considered referential, and so are not part of coreference.
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They are rendered in ways that best fit the immediate context or omitted in translation without a footnote when deemedpleonastic. 8.
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The second sentence, which omits thepleonasticit is marked as ungrammatical although no meaning is lost by the omission.
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In this example thepleonasticit fills the subject function, however it does not contribute any meaning to the sentence.
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Semerwater is apleonasticplace name.
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Rhetorically, this becomes the device of litotes; it can be difficult to distinguish litotes frompleonasticdouble negation, a feature which may be used for ironic effect.
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