Verbosity is the quality of using too many words to say something — more words than the idea needs. If a report takes ten pages to say what a page could say, you can say the report suffers from verbosity, or complain about the verbosity of the writer. It is a noun for a fault, so it almost always carries a small criticism: nobody praises verbosity.

Verbosity verbosity 這個字 is指的是 the quality of using too many words用太多字 to say something來說一件事的這種特質 — more words than the idea needs用的字比意思需要的還多。If a report takes ten pages如果一份報告要用十頁 to say what a page could say來說一頁就能講完的事, you can say你可以說 the report suffers from verbosity這份報告有 verbosity 的毛病, or或 complain about抱怨 the verbosity of the writer這個作者太囉嗦。It is a noun for a fault它是個講缺點的名詞, so所以 it almost always carries a small criticism幾乎都帶著一點批評: nobody praises verbosity沒有人會稱讚 verbosity。

It is a formal, bookish word. You meet it in writing about writing — teachers marking essays, editors talking about a draft, reviewers describing a novel.

It is它是一個 a formal, bookish word正式、書面的字。You meet it你會在 in writing about writing談論寫作的文章裡看到它 — teachers marking essays老師改作文, editors talking about a draft編輯談草稿, reviewers describing a novel書評在講一本小說的時候。

In ordinary speech people just say "he talks too much" or "it's too wordy"; they don't say "his verbosity." There is one place where it is not a criticism at all: in computing, the verbosity of a program or a command means how much detail it prints out while it runs, and you can turn it up or down. A programmer saying "increase the verbosity" only means "show me more messages," with no complaint in it.

In ordinary speech在日常說話裡, people just say大家只會說 "he talks too much"「他話太多」 or或 "it's too wordy"；「太囉嗦了」 they don't say他們不會說 "his verbosity."「他的 verbosity」 There is one place有一個地方 where it is not a criticism at all完全不帶批評: in computing在電腦領域裡, the verbosity of a program or a command一個程式或指令的 verbosity means指的是 how much detail it prints out它會印出多少細節 while it runs在運作的時候, and而且 you can turn it up or down你可以把它調高或調低。A programmer saying一個工程師說 "increase the verbosity"「把 verbosity 調高一點」 only means只是說 "show me more messages,"「讓我看到更多訊息」 with no complaint in it裡面完全沒有抱怨的意思。

The related adjective is verbose, which is far more common than the noun; if you learn only one of the two, learn verbose.

The related adjective相關的形容詞 is是 verbose, which它 is far more common than the noun比名詞常用得多; if you learn only one of the two如果兩個裡你只想學一個, learn verbose就學 verbose。