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单词 ellipsis
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Definition of ellipsis in English:

ellipsis

nounPlural ellipses ɪˈlɪpsɪsəˈlɪpsɪs
  • 1The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.

    (语言或文字的)省略(法)

    it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent
    mass noun an example of ellipsis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are some odd ellipses mixed in with the re-orderings.
    • Second, this version of the story corrects some errors in earlier versions, though it remains full of unanswered questions and strange ellipses.
    • If something is in quotes in a news story, without any indication of ellipsis, it seems to me that it ought to be a genuine quotation, not a collage of fragments from which hundreds of words have been silently omitted.
    • Here, he swaps the comforts of delicate Feldman inflections for darker textures or veers into confrontational exchanges pocked with unhinged ellipses and omissions - enough to tweak the typically unflappable Rowe.
    • Direct quotations are poorly copy-edited and sometimes comprehend unmarked ellipses that alter their interpretation.
    • Add to this a method of montage favouring ellipses and assonances and one is well on the way to experiencing that giddiness which Jean Narboni has described as the essence of the ‘Godard effect’.
    • This phenomenon is known as ellipsis and often occurs when clauses are conjuncted.
    • Again a shift occurs at the ellipsis: Before it, the doctor speaks monologically, addressing Golyadkin only indirectly.
    • Both approaches would have had their merits, although he liked the first one better, because of the word ellipses.
    • There are marked temporal interruptions and ellipses between the episodes; there are edits but they are kept to a minimum.
    • O'Connor gives both analyses (intransitive verb and ellipsis of the object), and I think that the second one is probably right and the first one is probably not.
    • As Barbara suggests, if we change Representative Obey's ‘than it was’ to ‘than it did’ then his verb-phrase ellipsis makes sense.
    Synonyms
    leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
    1. 1.1 A set of dots (…) indicating an ellipsis.
      省略号
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Fortunately, Ross provides in a footnote the relevant quotation from my chapter, which I've reprinted below, except with the ellipses he uses replaced with the actual text in bold.
      • There are no ellipses or brackets indicating that substantive edits have been made to the interview transcript.
      • A concern to keep in mind when evaluating punctuation marks and other modifiers in digital type is unwelcome collisions and unresolved alignment between letters and brackets, braces, parentheses, quotation marks, and ellipses.
      • FYI, the ellipsis in the first sentence above replaced the word ‘mechanical’, which might have given away the dated nature of the text.
      • This is very much like paraphrasing or adding an ellipsis in a sentence.
      • This includes quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, em and en dashes, multiplication symbols, and ampersands.
      • However, an ellipsis indicates the omission of words which clearly show that the complete passage by Inglis Clark had nothing whatever to do with retrospective laws.
      • The terms parenthesis, apostrophe, ellipsis, and appositive, which traditionally were rhetorical terms, have been relegated to discussions of punctuation.
      • One of the most abused punctuation in casual English is perhaps the ellipsis.
      • That's a pretty significant qualifier to eliminate with ellipses.
      • When she puts a comma in a sentence, adds an ellipsis, uses a semi-colon, you can bet it's a punctuation mark that belongs wherever she puts it.
      • The ellipsis indicates that a piece of additional supporting material has been removed from the main DVD blurb, leaving us with a truncated summary of the original concept.
      • The ellipsis is a device long favoured by romance writers: three dots at the end of a sentence that say it all, as this old comedy sketch shows.
      • I've tried to mark all other modifications with ellipses or brackets, but I'm sure I've made some mistakes.
      • Then the numbers 1, 11, 2,…, where the ellipsis are filled by a sequence of 1's as needed, solves the puzzle.
      • This sounds impressive, but one of the examples my ellipsis hides is ‘birds flying through trees.’
      • The ellipses serve a rhythmical function as well, indicating the ‘silence’ between phrases.
      • The ellipsis is included to indicate the presence of the dramatic and disturbing pause.
      • And where did the ellipsis in ‘emotional examples of suffering… are good ways to illustrate economic statistic stories’ first appear?
      • In my manuscript I had his quote ending with an ellipsis, but the copy editor took out all ellipses in this section and put in periods, so I assume that it is in keeping with standard editorial practices.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein 'leave out'.

Rhymes

paralipsis

Definition of ellipsis in US English:

ellipsis

nounəˈlipsisəˈlɪpsɪs
  • 1The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.

    (语言或文字的)省略(法)

    it is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent
    mass noun an example of ellipsis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Add to this a method of montage favouring ellipses and assonances and one is well on the way to experiencing that giddiness which Jean Narboni has described as the essence of the ‘Godard effect’.
    • There are marked temporal interruptions and ellipses between the episodes; there are edits but they are kept to a minimum.
    • Both approaches would have had their merits, although he liked the first one better, because of the word ellipses.
    • Again a shift occurs at the ellipsis: Before it, the doctor speaks monologically, addressing Golyadkin only indirectly.
    • Direct quotations are poorly copy-edited and sometimes comprehend unmarked ellipses that alter their interpretation.
    • This phenomenon is known as ellipsis and often occurs when clauses are conjuncted.
    • Here, he swaps the comforts of delicate Feldman inflections for darker textures or veers into confrontational exchanges pocked with unhinged ellipses and omissions - enough to tweak the typically unflappable Rowe.
    • Second, this version of the story corrects some errors in earlier versions, though it remains full of unanswered questions and strange ellipses.
    • As Barbara suggests, if we change Representative Obey's ‘than it was’ to ‘than it did’ then his verb-phrase ellipsis makes sense.
    • If something is in quotes in a news story, without any indication of ellipsis, it seems to me that it ought to be a genuine quotation, not a collage of fragments from which hundreds of words have been silently omitted.
    • There are some odd ellipses mixed in with the re-orderings.
    • O'Connor gives both analyses (intransitive verb and ellipsis of the object), and I think that the second one is probably right and the first one is probably not.
    Synonyms
    leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
    1. 1.1 A set of dots indicating an ellipsis.
      省略号
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ellipsis is included to indicate the presence of the dramatic and disturbing pause.
      • There are no ellipses or brackets indicating that substantive edits have been made to the interview transcript.
      • That's a pretty significant qualifier to eliminate with ellipses.
      • This is very much like paraphrasing or adding an ellipsis in a sentence.
      • A concern to keep in mind when evaluating punctuation marks and other modifiers in digital type is unwelcome collisions and unresolved alignment between letters and brackets, braces, parentheses, quotation marks, and ellipses.
      • This sounds impressive, but one of the examples my ellipsis hides is ‘birds flying through trees.’
      • I've tried to mark all other modifications with ellipses or brackets, but I'm sure I've made some mistakes.
      • The ellipses serve a rhythmical function as well, indicating the ‘silence’ between phrases.
      • FYI, the ellipsis in the first sentence above replaced the word ‘mechanical’, which might have given away the dated nature of the text.
      • However, an ellipsis indicates the omission of words which clearly show that the complete passage by Inglis Clark had nothing whatever to do with retrospective laws.
      • The ellipsis indicates that a piece of additional supporting material has been removed from the main DVD blurb, leaving us with a truncated summary of the original concept.
      • When she puts a comma in a sentence, adds an ellipsis, uses a semi-colon, you can bet it's a punctuation mark that belongs wherever she puts it.
      • Fortunately, Ross provides in a footnote the relevant quotation from my chapter, which I've reprinted below, except with the ellipses he uses replaced with the actual text in bold.
      • The ellipsis is a device long favoured by romance writers: three dots at the end of a sentence that say it all, as this old comedy sketch shows.
      • The terms parenthesis, apostrophe, ellipsis, and appositive, which traditionally were rhetorical terms, have been relegated to discussions of punctuation.
      • In my manuscript I had his quote ending with an ellipsis, but the copy editor took out all ellipses in this section and put in periods, so I assume that it is in keeping with standard editorial practices.
      • One of the most abused punctuation in casual English is perhaps the ellipsis.
      • And where did the ellipsis in ‘emotional examples of suffering… are good ways to illustrate economic statistic stories’ first appear?
      • This includes quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, em and en dashes, multiplication symbols, and ampersands.
      • Then the numbers 1, 11, 2,…, where the ellipsis are filled by a sequence of 1's as needed, solves the puzzle.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’.

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