Pleonasm
n. 冗笔, 冗词, 赘句\\n[医] 赘余畸形
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pleonasm
n
(a) [U] use of more words than are necessary to express the meaning 冗笔, 赘述（的运用）.
(b) [C] instance of this 冗笔; 赘述
`Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms. ｀用耳朵听＇和｀分成四个四分之一＇是赘述. Cf 参看 tautology.
🗣️ 情景例句
The newspapers don't come out till about ten o'clock.
报纸要差不多十点钟才出来。
No. We're supposed to go to the movies.
不，我们决定去看电影了。
I was very tired when I arrived home. I'd been working hard all day.
我到家时非常累。我一整天都在玩命地干！