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
We should get to work,
我们得开始做事了。
The little boy left home for his first day at school.
那个小孩第一天离开家去上学。
of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident,