pleonastic
adjective language specialized uk/ˌpliː.əˈnæs.tɪk/ us/ˌpliː.əˈnæs.tɪk/
冗述的;赘述的
using more words than are needed to express a meaning, either unintentionally or for emphasis
The prose is often pleonastic in nature. 散文在本质上往往是冗长重复的。
Some pleonastic phrases, such as "tuna fish" or "advance reservation", become part of normal idiom. 像“金枪鱼鱼”或“提前预约”这种同义反复的短语已经变成了日常习语。
Compare: tautological
- More examples
- "Get it for free" is pleonastic - it is only necessary to say "Get it free".
- Out of context, the prepositional phrases may look pleonastic.
- The pleonastic use of the third person personal pronoun seems to have been common in all periods of English.
- Pleonastic redundancy does not make a phrase ungrammatical.