verbiage

英 [ˈvɜːbiɪdʒ]

美 [ˈvɜːrbiɪdʒ]

n.  冗词; 赘语; 晦涩

GRE

BNC.34203 / COCA.28796

牛津词典

noun

• 冗词；赘语；晦涩
  the use of too many words, or of more difficult words than are needed, to express an idea

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 冗词;赘语;废话
  If you refer to someone's speech or writing asverbiage, you are critical of them because they use too many words, which makes their speech or writing difficult to understand.
  1. Stripped of their pretentious verbiage, his statements come dangerously close to inviting racial hatred.
     抛开那些夸大其词的冗词赘语不论，他的言论有挑起种族仇恨的危险。

双语例句

• Only by the economic investigation can the advertising writing not be just empty verbiage.
  指出经济调查的成果决定广告写作水平。
• Third, the image and the verbiage co-instantiate with each other in constructing the interactive meaning.
  第三，图像和文本彼此相互作用，共同构建互动意义。
• Slough off unimportant verbiage.
  删除无关紧要的空话。
• Second, Attitude theory is adopted to study how positive interactive meaning is realized in the verbiage.
  其次，运用态度理论来分析如何在文字中构建积极的互动意义。
• He was a more than commonly candid English gentleman in his avowed dislike of the poet's nonsense, verbiage and verse.
  他比一般无偏见的英国绅士更加公然地宣称：他讨厌诗人的言之无物、冗词赘语和咬文嚼字。
• The positive attitude indicated both in the image and the verbiage arouses the viewers 'interest and stimulates their desire to buy.
  图像和文本所表达的积极态度引起观看者兴趣和购买欲。
• The speaker lost himself in verbiage.
  那个人演讲叠床架屋兴头十足。
• It takes account of its audience, offering explanations where requisite, and avoiding specialized jargon and unnecessary verbiage.
  它考虑到了其读者，提供了必要的解释，并避免专业术语和不必要的空话。
• Use concise military verbiage-G.S.Patton.
  使用简明军事用语&巴顿。
• To measure some of the more significant verbiage, a minimum length of10 is required for the word to be graphed.
  要计算最常见的用语，单词的长度至少为10才能生成图像。