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单词 epexegesis
释义 epexegesis|ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs|
[a. Gr. ἐπεξήγησις, f. ἐπεξηγεῖσθαι, f. ἐπί in addition + ἐξηγεῖσθαι to explain: see exegesis.]
The addition of a word or words to convey more clearly the meaning implied, or the specific sense intended, in a preceding word or sentence; a word or words added for this purpose.
1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 163 The latter part of the Apostles assertion is an epexegesis, or explication, of the former.a1641Acts & Mon. 130 Primarily and literally, not Princes, but Prophets, which is an epexegesis of Anointed.1888Pall Mall G. 4 Oct. 3/1 The above may be very sound epexegesis.1889M. B. Edwards A. Young Introd. 33 These jottings of old age, interesting as they are, err on the side of redundancy and epexegesis.
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