prolixity
noun[U]
formaldisapprovinguk/prəˈlɪk.sə.ti/us/prəˈlɪk.sə.t̬i/thefactof using too many words andthereforebeingboringordifficulttoreadorlistento:
冗长，啰嗦Despite allitsabsurdprolixity, this is one of thegreatbooksin theEnglishlanguage.尽管这本书冗长到一种荒谬的程度，可仍是最伟大的英文著作之一。
- Hispersonalsecretaryissuedastatement, amasterpieceof prolixity that took about fiveminutesto say what could have been said in tenseconds.
- Initsramblingprolixity thatsentencecanstandfor hisentirebook.
- Despite the prolixity and theacademicclutter, he can write.
- Hislyrics, often given to prolixity, are herepareddown.
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
- prolix
- wasted onsomeoneidiom
- word salad
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