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Prolix 考法 Prologue 1】Adj.罗嗦的,冗长的 Tending Speak Write Excessive

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【考法 1】adj.罗嗦的,冗长的: tending to speak or write at excessive length
【例】habitually transforms brief anecdotes into prolix sagas that exhaust his listeners 总是将简短的小趣事变成冗长的传说故事,让听众很疲倦
【近】diffuse, garrulous, rambling, verbose, windy
【反】pithy, taciturn, terse, succinct, concise, extreme brief 精炼的,寡言的 prologue
【考法 1】n.序言: the preface or introduction to a literary work
【例】the burglary, which he committed while still a teen, was but a prologue to a wasted life of crime 他青少年时犯过的入室抢劫拉开了他偷盗生涯的序幕
【近】exordium, foreword, preamble, preface, prelude, proem, prolusion
【反】epilogue结尾

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