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单词 tautological
释义
tautological
adjective
uk
/ˌtɔː.təˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌtɑː.t̬əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
using two words orphrasesthatexpressthe samemeaning, in a way that isunnecessaryand usuallyunintentional:
（无必要并通常无意识）同义反复的
The phrase "advanceplanning" is tautological since whenelseare you going toplansomething?短语“提前计划”是同义反复的一个例子，因为你还能在其他什么时候计划呢？
inlogic(= aformalscientificmethodofexaminingideas),relatingto astatementthat is alwaystrue:
（逻辑术语）重言的
If "Jones" is apropername, then "Jonesexists" is tautological.如果“琼斯”是一个专名，那么“琼斯存在”就是重言式。
More examples
  • The phrase "waterbaptism" is tautological asbaptismis always withwater.
  • Do youprotectworkersor do youprotectjobs? Thequestionmightseemtautological, but there isindeedadifference.
  • Theaxiomthat “existenceexists,” isintendednot as themeretautologicalobservationthat “whateverexists,exists,” butratheras arecognitionthat something doesindeedexist.
  • Thatstatementmay be themathematicalequivalentof a tautologicalerror.
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tautology
(Definition oftautologicalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftautological

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It is all quitetautological, this nonsense: to change the behavior of the system, all one has to do is change the system's incentive structures.
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The findings for the low group may appeartautological, but they are not.
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Now what must be recognized first is that in the fine-tuning argument k is nottautological.
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The often ill-informed andtautologicalconsensus appears to be that it cannot.
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It is more than a meretautologicaldevice.
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But his defence involved more than this apparentlytautologicalclaim.
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The authors warned against the 'tautologicaltrap ' of theorizing corruption, avarice and ethnicity - yet these are the same categories they go on to use themselves.
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If meaning and thought were theoretically equivalent notions, any relativistic claim about language influencing thought would betautological.
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The history of architecture itself encourages architects to cast their mosttautologicalstatements about the city as 'theoretical'.
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If used appropriately, correlational strategies will be less dependent on a priori notions, and hence less likely to betautological.
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We agree that language and grammar as found in humans is species-specific (thetautologicalflavour of this statement is deliberate).
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Note, however, thattautologicalrules in updates are, as we believe, rare in practical applications and can be eliminated easily.
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Often the prior probability will be conditional only ontautologicalinformation.
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This can easily lead totautologicalstatements, where a positive outcome necessarily indicates the presence of social capital, and a negative one its absence.
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The term 'compiled perimeter block' is quitetautological.
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