tautology
n.同义反复,重复
难易程度:
tautology为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:tautologies 副词:tautologically 形容词:tautological
近义词, 同义词
tautology
/tɔ:'tɒlədʒɪ; tɔ`tɑlədʒɪ/
n
(a) [U] saying the same thing more than once in different ways without making one's meaning clearer or more forceful; needless repetition 无谓的重复; 赘述.
(b) [C] instance of this 重复的话; 赘言. Cf 参看 pleonasm.
tautology
npluraltautologies [U and C]technical[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;Origin: tautologia, from
Greek, from tautologos
'repeating things', from tauto
'same' + legein
'to say']
a statement in which you say the same thing twice using different words in a way which is not necessary, for example, 'He sat alone by himself.'
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redundant>tautological [,tɔːtə'lɔdʒɪkəl (US) ,tɔːtə'lɑː- /