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单词 verbiage
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Definition of verbiage in English:

verbiage

nounˈvəːbɪɪdʒˈvərbiɪdʒ
mass noun
  • 1Excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing.

    the basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple
    there is plenty of irrelevant verbiage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even I can't read all that much excessive verbiage, so I certainly don't expect you to do so.
    • Brawarsky's maximalism finally loses its punch in excesses of painterly verbiage.
    • Jargon was all-pervading, and treated as a substitute for thought - excessive verbiage usually hides a basic lack of real information.
    • At the time I considered the article a piece of ill-informed verbiage, posing as journalism.
    • Minus the film interaction, however, the opus suffered from overwrought verbiage and meandering vignettes.
    • I've lost jobs because I'll send the contract back and there are more lines going through all the verbiage than there is verbiage.
    • Rothbard meant to be understood and he did not mean to be trapped in irrelevant verbiage.
    • Corruption and tyranny both hide in irrelevant public verbiage.
    • We want to hose someone with verbiage until they yell uncle.
    • Despite the ramblings of this essay, I am left more with feeling and beingness than with text and verbiage.
    • Cutting through all of the government verbiage and jargon, if you will, what is the impact over the next five years?
    • It is important that the most important and strongest statements are not buried behind excessive verbiage.
    • Bring any two lawyers together for an opinion and they'll argue until the cash, space or verbiage runs out.
    • After all, the Internet has an infinite capacity to tuck excess verbiage away where no one need be bothered by it.
    • Still, compared to most academic texts, Jones's verbiage is only middling.
    • Dwarfed by the scope of the bill's radical changes, this bit of verbiage flew under the public's radar screen.
    • If you're not sure what verbiage to use when personalizing a gift such as toasting flutes, you're not alone.
    • I fear that in all the disgusting verbiage of this bill, that does not appear anywhere.
    • Smiley says her first letters to the Times were edited heavily, with excess verbiage getting the knife.
    • The rest of it appears to be superfluous verbiage to them.
    Synonyms
    verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering
    British informal waffle, waffling, wittering, flannel
    rare logorrhoea
  • 2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction.

    we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I wish I hadn't used the word 'consultant'—it was the wrong verbiage.
    • Sherman's behavior and verbiage was succinct and efficient but it wasn't even remotely "thuggish."
    • The verbiage on the site is also key to the design.
    • She brings up a valid point about Vicki constantly trying to create animosity("am-in-osity," in her verbiage) between her and Tamra.
    • A modern cinematic chronicle of baseball's integration has to be bolder about using authentic verbiage.
    • In an email/face-to-face approach, make the verbiage appropriate for one-on-one communication.
    • Last time stamp for this article is early morning, and the verbiage hints at the future, not present or past.
    • In that same tradition Walsh provides them with some witty, juicy verbiage.
    • Senators and Representatives become enamored of the "word du jour", a particular verbiage they find to be novel and attention-getting.
    • You are correct that the proper verbiage would be to use the verb "release".
    • His reports are clear, granular, and well-documented, both in terms of verbiage and photos.
    • The shirt is charcoal in color with the verbiage and imagery in green, blue and white.

Usage

The form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five per cent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier 'to chatter', from verbe 'word' (see verb).

 
 

Definition of verbiage in US English:

verbiage

nounˈvərbiɪdʒˈvərbēij
  • 1Speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Smiley says her first letters to the Times were edited heavily, with excess verbiage getting the knife.
    • If you're not sure what verbiage to use when personalizing a gift such as toasting flutes, you're not alone.
    • We want to hose someone with verbiage until they yell uncle.
    • Corruption and tyranny both hide in irrelevant public verbiage.
    • Even I can't read all that much excessive verbiage, so I certainly don't expect you to do so.
    • After all, the Internet has an infinite capacity to tuck excess verbiage away where no one need be bothered by it.
    • Dwarfed by the scope of the bill's radical changes, this bit of verbiage flew under the public's radar screen.
    • Brawarsky's maximalism finally loses its punch in excesses of painterly verbiage.
    • Cutting through all of the government verbiage and jargon, if you will, what is the impact over the next five years?
    • I've lost jobs because I'll send the contract back and there are more lines going through all the verbiage than there is verbiage.
    • Minus the film interaction, however, the opus suffered from overwrought verbiage and meandering vignettes.
    • I fear that in all the disgusting verbiage of this bill, that does not appear anywhere.
    • Still, compared to most academic texts, Jones's verbiage is only middling.
    • The rest of it appears to be superfluous verbiage to them.
    • It is important that the most important and strongest statements are not buried behind excessive verbiage.
    • Bring any two lawyers together for an opinion and they'll argue until the cash, space or verbiage runs out.
    • At the time I considered the article a piece of ill-informed verbiage, posing as journalism.
    • Despite the ramblings of this essay, I am left more with feeling and beingness than with text and verbiage.
    • Rothbard meant to be understood and he did not mean to be trapped in irrelevant verbiage.
    • Jargon was all-pervading, and treated as a substitute for thought - excessive verbiage usually hides a basic lack of real information.
    Synonyms
    verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering
  • 2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction.

    we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In that same tradition Walsh provides them with some witty, juicy verbiage.
    • Senators and Representatives become enamored of the "word du jour", a particular verbiage they find to be novel and attention-getting.
    • The verbiage on the site is also key to the design.
    • You are correct that the proper verbiage would be to use the verb "release".
    • A modern cinematic chronicle of baseball's integration has to be bolder about using authentic verbiage.
    • His reports are clear, granular, and well-documented, both in terms of verbiage and photos.
    • The shirt is charcoal in color with the verbiage and imagery in green, blue and white.
    • Last time stamp for this article is early morning, and the verbiage hints at the future, not present or past.
    • She brings up a valid point about Vicki constantly trying to create animosity("am-in-osity," in her verbiage) between her and Tamra.
    • I wish I hadn't used the word 'consultant'—it was the wrong verbiage.
    • In an email/face-to-face approach, make the verbiage appropriate for one-on-one communication.
    • Sherman's behavior and verbiage was succinct and efficient but it wasn't even remotely "thuggish."

Usage

The form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five percent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier ‘to chatter’, from verbe ‘word’ (see verb).

 
 
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