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单词 verbiage
释义
verbiage
noun[U]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˈvɜː.bi.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɝː.bi.ɪdʒ/
languagethat is verycomplicatedandcontainsa lot ofunnecessarywords:
冗词，废话，赘语
Hisexplanationwaswrappedup in so muchtechnicalverbiage that I couldn'tunderstandit.他的解释充斥着太多晦涩累赘的专业术语，我根本就听不懂。
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
  • prolix
  • wasted onsomeoneidiom
  • word salad
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(Definition ofverbiagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofverbiage

verbiage
She seems to have been so intoxicated by her ownverbiageas not to realize that, in the end, she says virtually nothing about gender.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This is all excessverbiagewhose only function is to treat adults as children.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All their post-modernist, post-structuralistverbiageserves to absolve the editors from ever clarifying - or themselves getting to understand - what musical problems actually consist of, let alone finding answers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As the author helpfully explains in the next sentence, that just means that in principle they can be measured - in other words, the previousverbiagewas redundant !
From theCambridge English Corpus
She records three distinct uses of "to that extent", all meaning different things and looking very much like mere padding orverbiage, none corresponding to the logic of standard use.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The answer is obvious although it has sometimes been shrouded inverbiage.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There should be an attempt to reduce thisverbiageto hard cash.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We need to replace the long sentences, theverbiageand the countless double negatives.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Any electors who were confronted with such ridiculous gobbledegook andverbiagewould have every reason to question why they should vote.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Never has there been such an enormous amount ofverbiageto create simply a gravy bowl for such a small number of people.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is how to cut through theverbiageand the posturing.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am against pretentiousverbiagebecause it creates confusion and muddle.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is it necessary for us to have so muchverbiagein our legislation.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
When we strip away theverbiageof today's statement, we find very little change.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are no safeguards to consumers that are effective; those which are given are mereverbiage.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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