prolix
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['prəʊlɪks; prə'lɪks]
- 美式音标 [ˈproʊ.lɪks]
- 国际音标 ['prəuliks, prəu'l-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.羅嗦的；冗長的
词根记忆
- pro(許多) + lix(來自lex)→話語太多→嗦的
英汉例句
- 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;
結搆松散，導致全劇篇幅過長，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
權威例句
词组短语
- 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