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prolix
[ˈprəʊlɪks] [ˈproʊlɪks]

  • adj. 冗长的;说话啰嗦的

英英释义

prolix [ 'prəuliks, prəu'l- ]

  • adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

    "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

prolix /ˈprəʊlɪks, prəʊˈlɪks/

  • 1. 

    ADJ (of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring; verbose (发言、书籍等)冗长的

同近义词同根词

词根: prolix

n.

prolixity 冗长;罗嗦

双语例句权威例句

  • For such a discussion could become prolix, and besides it is not necessary for our purpose.

    这样讨论会变得冗长而且我们的目的来说没有必要

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更多双语例句
  • Christopher (Jeff Perry), the prolix patriarch, is a disheveled poltergeist of fulmination and cogitation.

    NEWYORKER: Minority Reports

  • Here the author's habit of minute observation, elsewhere so often prolix, imparts tension and pathos.

    ECONOMIST: Exiles from history

  • Doubtlessly, your Brussels correspondent would have then caricatured it as repetitive and prolix.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

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