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单词 epexegesis
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Definition of epexegesis in English:

epexegesis

noun ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪseˌpeksəˈjēsis
mass noun
  • The addition of words to clarify meaning.

    (阐明意思用的)增词

Derivatives

  • epexegetic

  • adjective ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪk
  • epexegetical

  • adjective ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪk(ə)l
    • Section 37 is just epexegetical of 73 of the Constitution.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The rest that follows after those opening words is really epexegetical, so to speak, of the obligation to conduct at sole risk.
      • We said there that the clauses are epexegetical, but it does not follow that they are to be disregarded.
      • To use his word, it is epexegetical what follows in the balance of the part.
      • Now, was the Full Court, in your submission, doing justice to what the English Court of Appeal was doing in Beecham, to treat that, as it were, as epexegetical of paragraph 38, because there is a large extract set out immediately before?
  • epexegetically

  • adverb-ˈdʒɛtɪk(ə)li
    • He speaks about it, in a sense, epexegetically in the last nine lines of that paragraph.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek epexēgēsis, from epi 'in addition' + exēgēsis 'explanation' (see exegesis).

Definition of epexegesis in US English:

epexegesis

nouneˌpeksəˈjēsis
  • 1The addition of words to clarify meaning.

    (阐明意思用的)增词

    1. 1.1 Words added for the purpose of clarifying meaning.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek epexēgēsis, from epi ‘in addition’ + exēgēsis ‘explanation’ (see exegesis).

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