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单词 prolix
释义
prolix
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˈprəʊ.lɪks/us
/ˈproʊ.lɪks/
using too many words andthereforeboringordifficulttoreadorlistento:
冗长的；啰唆的；好长篇大论的
The author's prolixstylehas done nothing toencouragesalesof thebook.这个作者冗长的写作风格无益于促进该书的销售。
Synonyms
chattyinformal
expansive(TALKING)formal
garrulous
long-winded
loquaciousformal
talkative
verboseformaldisapproving
volubleformal
wordydisapproving
Opposites
concise
pithy(SHORT)
succinctapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
talking a lot
  • talkativeShe's very happy, talkative, and outgoing.
  • loquaciousOnce a loquacious politician, he now makes rarely grants interviews and reads speeches from texts.
  • chattyThe advisor was friendly and chatty.
  • garrulousHer normally garrulous mother had little to say on the subject.
  • volubleEvelyn was very voluble on the rights of women.
  • long-windedHe can be a long-winded bore.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult to understand
  • abstruse
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguous
  • ambiguously
  • antinomy
  • esoteric
  • fathomless
  • garble
  • get it into your thick headidiom
  • impalpable
  • impenetrable
  • indiscernible
  • labyrinthine
  • lost
  • non-intuitive
  • obscurely
  • obscurity
  • verbosity
  • wasted onsomeoneidiom
  • word salad
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Talking too much
(Definition ofprolixfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprolix

prolix
Yet their ' crumbling ' of the scriptural text, on which they depended for form and structure, lent a digressive andprolixquality to their sermons.
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These questions were not given any consideration inprolixdebates about the growth and development of the industrial 'working class'.
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The work itself is somewhatprolix, and seems to dispose of the words of its text at an inexorably consistent rate.
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Many of the records are moreprolix, though.
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Hisprolixformulations, and also his personalizing narratives, are face work aimed at repairing, if not denying, a flaw in an otherwise impeccable professional profile.
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If questions and statements are irrelevant andprolix, he does not allow them, but it is up to him.
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Hansard archive
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The objection taken by solicitors was that the details asked for were unnecessarilyprolix, and that particulars were sought which were not really useful.
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They encourage the very fault which they should condemn by these long,prolixepistles.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are times when even those asprolixas myself recognise that there is a value in silence.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is also due to counsel being far tooprolix.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The price of the one indicates shortness and simplicity; that of the other suggests that it is moreprolix.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is true that when the process started the summaries tended to be a bit tooprolix.
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If it is aprolixform of legislation, it is clearly unnecessary, unreasonable and undesirable.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Our statute book continues to swell, becoming increasinglyprolixand extensive as a result.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He will be aware that the "noises off" were raised not so much in disagreement, but because his question was a tiny bitprolix.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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