tautology

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  • n.同义反复；赘述
  • Web套套逻辑；重言式；同义反覆
Plural Form：tautologies  

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tautology
n.
1.
同义反复；赘述a statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, when this is unnecessary, for example ‘They spoke in turn, one after the other.’

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1.
A title whose seeming tautology made it clear that she was primarily interested in poetry.
看起来有点累赘的刊名显示她的主要兴趣是诗。
kàn qǐ lái yǒu diǎn léi zhuì de kān míng xiǎn shì tā de zhǔ yào xìng qù shì shī 。
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2.
The logical product of a tautology and a proposition says the same thing as the proposition.
465一个重言式和一个命题的逻辑积，与这个命题说的是同一回事情。
sì bǎi liù shí wǔ yī gè zhòng yán shì hé yī gè mìng tí de luó jí jī , yǔ zhè ge mìng tí shuō de shì tóng yì huí shì qíng 。
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To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology .
创造人类，是一则美好而又富于独创性的想法，但加上羔羊则未免多余。
chuàng zào rén lèi , shì yì zé měi hǎo ér yòu fù yú dú chuàng xìng de xiǎng fǎ , dàn jiā shang gāo yáng zé wèi miǎn duō yú 。
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4.
And you're frustrated because he phrased his reply in the form of a meaningless tautology?
你因他无意义的重复措辞而沮丧？
nǐ yīn tā wú yì yì de chóng fù cuò cí ér jǔ sàng ?
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5.
from a strictly theoretical point of view, this argument is not a tautology is to no avail.
从严格的学理角度来看，这种说法不是同义反复便是不得要领。
cóng yán gé de xué lǐ jiǎo dù lái kàn , zhè zhǒng shuō fǎ bú shì tóng yì fǎn fù biàn shì bù dé yào lǐng 。
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6.
That model is useful to a certain extent, but the way I've seen it used in practice, it mostly becomes a tautology.
在一定程度上说这种模式是有益的，但从实践中运用来看，大多情况是重复出现的。
zài yí dìng chéng dù shàng shuō zhè zhǒng mó shì shì yǒu yì de , dàn cóng shí jiàn zhōng yùn yòng lái kàn , dà duō qíng kuàng shì chóng fù chū xiàn de 。
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There was a certain tautology in describing any act of society as social.
描写社交活动方面有些烦冗。
miáo xiě shè jiāo huó dòng fāng miàn yǒu xiē fán rǒng 。
blog.hjenglish.com
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To say that something is 'adequate enough' is a tautology .
说某样东西“足够够用了”就是一个同义反复。
shuō mǒu yàng dōng xi " zú gòu gòu yòng le " jiù shì yī gè tóng yì fǎn fù 。
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9.
The conclusions are as follows: tautology is of delicate pragmatic implicature and diverse rhe. . .
本文结论：重言式具有复杂细腻的语用含义和丰富多彩的修辞效果；
běn wén jié lùn : zhòng yán shì jù yǒu fù zá xì nì de yǔ yòng hán yì hé fēng fù duō cǎi de xiū cí xiào guǒ ;
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10.
The interpretation of nominal tautology requires metonymic reasoning.
同语的理解需要运用转喻推理。
tóng yǔ de lǐ jiě xū yào yùn yòng zhuǎn yù tuī lǐ 。
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