pleonasm
n
(a) [U] use of more words than are necessary to express the meaning 冗筆, 贅述(的運用).
(b) [C] instance of this 冗筆; 贅述
`Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms. `用耳朵聽'和`分成四個四分之一'是贅述. Cf 參看 tautology.
??? 情景例句
Mom, give me a break.
媽, 讓我喘口氣。
Let it be!
聽天由命把!
Other Indians were killed when police officers fiercely attacked their political marches.