Word · Frequency #23042
expletive
/ˈeksplətɪv/
adjective
仅作填充用的；仅为效果而无实际必要的
核心释义
Serving only to fill out a phrase or for rhetorical effect, without adding essential meaning.
- 1.
起填充作用的；仅为效果而无实际必要。
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
- 2.
带有填充词语的。
Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
带有填充词语的；使用语气填充词的；起填充作用的；仅为效果而无实际必要。；带有填充词语的。；填补的；多余的
用法In use
The speaker's expletive phrases added no real information to the argument.
用法提示：expletive 作形容词，修饰 phrases，表示“起填充作用的”。
In the sentence "There is a book on the table," the word "there" is an expletive element.
用法提示：expletive 作形容词，表示“充当填充成分的”，用于语法分析。
The editor removed the expletive words from the essay to make it more concise.
用法提示：expletive 作形容词，修饰 words，意为“冗余填充的”。
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