verbiage
英 [ˈvɜːbiɪdʒ]
美 [ˈvɜːrbiɪdʒ]
n. 冗词; 赘语; 晦涩
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.- 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。
- Stripped of their pretentious verbiage, his statements come dangerously close to inviting racial hatred.