prolix
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) ['pr??l?ks; pr?'l?ks]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?pro?.l?ks]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['pr?uliks, pr?u'l-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.羅嗦的;冗長的
詞根記憶
- pro(許多) + lix(來自lex)→話語太多→嗦的
英漢例句
- Prithee , darlingmost! - court me rather than the peevish prolix.
我請求你, 我的最愛! 追求我,毋甯倔強的冗說。 - For such a discussion could become prolix, and besides it is not necessary for our purpose.
這樣的討論將會變得冗長,而且對我們的目的來說沒有必要。 - As a result of the scattered structure, the drama is so prolix that the mythos has to be weakened;
結(jié)搆松散,導(dǎo)致全劇篇幅過長,沖淡了戯劇的主題; - 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
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語
- terse prolix 精鍊的
- directive prolix 指令冗餘
- prolix x 冗長的
- taciturn prolix 沉默寡言的
- taciturn - prolix 沉默的;多話冗長的
短語
英英字典
- using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to
- (of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring verbose