词汇 | long-winded |
释义 | long-winded adjective uk /ˌlɒŋˈwɪn.dɪd/ us /ˌlɑːŋˈwɪn.dɪd/ A long-winded speech, letter, article, etc. is too long, or uses too many words.冗长的,长篇大论的 Synonyms verboseformaldisapproving wordydisapproving talking a lot talkativeShe's very happy, talkative, and outgoing. loquaciousOnce a loquacious politician, he now makes rarely grants interviews and reads speeches from texts. chattyThe advisor was friendly and chatty. garrulousHer normally garrulous mother had little to say on the subject. volubleEvelyn was very voluble on the rights of women. long-windedHe can be a long-winded bore. Talking too much ass bend bend someone's earidiom blab blah dozen drivel edgeways have a lot to say for yourselfidiom long-windedly nineteen/ten to the dozenidiom overplay overplay your handidiom talk talky trauma dumping verbosely verbosity whang wordy Examples of long-windedlong-winded An accurate but long-winded description would be 'stairs that are supported on only one side of the flight'. However, the exegesis of his position is extremely long-winded and at times loses cogency due to its length. But the prose is so long-winded that it is frequently almost unintelligible. Those not so fortunate may wish that the author had been more concise with regard to the text in order to make it somewhat less long-winded. The diplomats frequently resented this lack of clarity and the battles between different scientific camps and opinions and criticized the scientists as being long-winded and impracticable. The anonymous author indeed makes some telling hits against the explorers, mocking their tendency to describe what were everyday occurrences to the traders in a serious and long-winded style. During the previous years' application of this regulation, its provisions have proven to be exceptionally complicated, long-winded and unwieldy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They may be long-winded or short and sharp, painless or extremely painful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having failed the first interview, they used the present discredited, long-winded appeal system to spend as much time as possible in the area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is that it is slightly clumsy and long-winded, but that is a matter of style rather than substance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a most long-winded intervention that was typical of a former military policeman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The process can seem excessively long-winded and leave the local authority and the complainant dissatisfied because nothing is really achieved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The impact of this long-winded resolution of 127 paragraphs, indeed, is liable to be in inverse proportion to its length. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They are very long-winded, having to be taken down in longhand or sometimes straight on to a typewriter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To the long-winded, we sometimes find that the use of our hearing aids can be intimidating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of long-winded These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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