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long-winded ADJ

long-winded

冗长的 rǒngchángde

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The format is a resemblance of the long-winded aspect of speech. en.wikipedia.org

She called it an entertaining but messy and long-winded, commentary on the fiction-making process itself. en.wikipedia.org

I am well aware that appellate judges have plenty to do and that long-winded opinions from district judges are seldom helpful.... en.wikipedia.org

He so fears losing her that he begins acting irrationally, leaving her a long-winded message begging forgiveness for having to cancel dinner because of work. en.wikipedia.org

It has been described as long-winded and conventional, a hodgepodge of ideas. en.wikipedia.org

In the late 1970s, daytime calls longer than three minutes were billed at over $1 per minute to discourage the long-winded. en.wikipedia.org

He often rambles on into long-winded speeches and uses words that his friends do not understand. en.wikipedia.org

Unfortunately, their publications are so complex, long-winded, and obscure that they were virtually inaccessible to antiquaries andit would appear from the replication of effort----even to their own (unacknowledged) colleagues. en.wikipedia.org

He got rid of the heavy, emotionally loaded, long-winded poetic dialogues. en.wikipedia.org

Shaggy dog stories are long-winded anti-jokes where the punchline is deliberately anticlimactic, and are not intended to elicit laughter. en.wikipedia.org

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