verbosity
/vɜːˈbɒsəti/ (bre, ipa) · /vɜːrˈbɑːsəti/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)vər-ˈbä-sə-tē How to pronounce verbosity (audio)/ (ame, mw)
verbosity — 名詞
1. The tendency to use an excessive number of words when expressing an idea, which
冗長；囉嗦
用過多詞語表達的毛病
The tendency to use an excessive number of words when expressing an idea, which makes speech or writing feel long and tiring to follow.
Kemi's history teacher returned her essay, noting verbosity weakened the argument, and advised cutting sentences that added nothing new.
Kemi 的歷史老師退回她的報告，指出冗長削弱了論點，並建議刪除沒有新增內容的句子。
verbosity + that-clause — teacher's negative judgment; the verbosity of [something] + weakens [something]
The politician's verbosity annoyed the audience, who wanted short answers instead of long speeches.
那位政治人物的囉嗦讓聽眾感到不耐煩，他們想要簡短的回答，而不是長篇大論。
Ishaan edited his essay carefully to remove unnecessary verbosity and make his argument clearer.
Ishaan 仔細修改他的文章，刪除不必要的冗詞贅句，讓論點更清楚。
While revising her first novel, Sofia crossed out entire paragraphs to remove verbosity and keep the plot moving.
Sofia 在修改她的第一本小說時，整段整段地刪去，以去除囉嗦並保持情節推進。
Mira found the novel hard to finish because the author's verbosity slowed down the plot.
Mira 覺得那本小說很難讀完，因為作者太囉嗦，拖慢了故事節奏。
- wordiness
more general and slightly less formal; common in everyday editing advice
- long-windedness
informal; focuses on spoken communication that goes on too long
- prolixity
formal, often used for legal or academic texts that feel drawn out
- conciseness
the positive quality of expressing much in few words
- brevity
shortness of expression, often valued in speeches or summaries
文法句型
the verbosity of [something]
用法筆記
Frequently used to criticise writing or speech that would be more effective if shorter. Common in editorial or academic contexts.
常見錯誤
2. A technical setting that controls how much detail a computer system or program s
詳細輸出
系統顯示操作細節的程度
A technical setting that controls how much detail a computer system or program shows about its operations, or how many words and symbols a programming language needs to express a function.
Tuan set the compiler's verbosity to high so he could see every warning message.
Tuan 把編譯器的詳細輸出設為高，就能看到每一則警告訊息。
set verbosity to [level] + compiler
Noor reduced the verbosity of the server logs to save hard drive space.
Noor 降低了伺服器紀錄的詳細輸出，以節省硬碟空間。
The software's default verbosity produced too many messages, hiding the actual errors.
這套軟體的預設詳細輸出產生了太多訊息，反而掩蓋了真正的錯誤。
Java is known for its verbosity — printing 'hello' needs several lines of code, whereas Python does it in one.
Java 以冗長著稱——印出「hello」需要好幾行程式碼，而 Python 一行就搞定。
Lan increased the test program's verbosity to learn why the software installation failed.
Lan 調高測試程式的詳細輸出，以便了解軟體安裝失敗的原因。
- log level
more specific; refers to the hierarchy of log severity (error, warning, info, debug)
- output detail
descriptive phrase rather than a single-word synonym; less technical
- terseness
a programming language or output style that uses few characters or lines
文法句型
[verb] the verbosity of [system/language]
set verbosity to [level]
用法筆記
A technical term used mainly by software developers and system administrators. In computing, 'verbosity' refers to the level of detail shown in log files or command output, not a negative quality — high verbosity can be helpful for debugging.