wordiness

IPA/ˈwɜːdinəs/
IPA/ˈwɜːrdinəs/

wordiness — 名詞

1. The use of more words than are needed to express an idea, especially long or for

1.名詞B2
釋義

冗長

用詞過多、囉唆的表達方式

The use of more words than are needed to express an idea, especially long or formal words, which makes speech or writing less clear and harder to follow.

例句

The editor marked every section of his report for wordiness and crossed out whole paragraphs.

編輯將他報告中每一處冗長的部分都標記出來，並刪除整段內容。

collocation: mark/reduce/eliminate wordiness

Lan's email was so full of wordiness that her manager asked her to rewrite it.

Lan 的電子郵件過於冗長，主管要求她重寫。

pattern: so + full of + wordiness + that-clause

同義詞
  • verbosity

    The most direct synonym; slightly more formal and classical in tone.

  • prolixity

    Very formal term, used mostly of written style that is tediously long.

  • long-windedness

    Informal alternative; describes speech or writing that goes on for too long.

  • redundancy

    Emphasises unnecessary repetition of words or information, not just length.

反義詞
  • conciseness

    The quality of expressing much in few words; the direct opposite of wordiness.

  • brevity

    Shortness of expression; implies efficient use of words.

  • succinctness

    Being clearly expressed in few words; suggests both brevity and clarity.

用法筆記

Frequently used in editing and academic writing contexts as a negative quality. The opposite of conciseness.

常見錯誤

❌His wordiness made the speech powerful and memorable.
✅His wordiness made the speech long and hard to follow.
💡Wordiness always describes unnecessary length, never as a positive quality.
❌My English has too much wordiness.
✅My writing has too much wordiness.
💡Wordiness describes a style of expression, not a language itself.