tautology

tautology

英 [tɔː'tɒlədʒɪ]
　　美 [tɔ'tɑlədʒi]

n. 同義反復；無謂的重復

中文詞源：

tautology 同義反復，贅述

來自希臘語 tautologos,同義反復，重說，重述，來自 tauto,相同的，自身的，即 the auto,-log, 說話，詞源同 dialogue.引申詞義贅述。

例句：

1. Some propositions are true for any truth value of their variables . Such propositions are called tautology.
某些命題對於變元後的任何一種真值狀況,它均為真,這樣的命題稱為重言式.

2. A title whose seeming tautology made it clear that she was primarily interested in poetry.
看起來有點累贅的刊名顯示她的主要興趣是詩.

3. Modern logicians regard it as little more than tautology.
現代的邏輯學傢僅僅把它看作同義反復.

4. Is the Proof of the Internal Energy being State Function a Tautology?
關於內能是狀態函數的證明是循環證明 嗎 ?

5. What's the first excellence in a lawyer? Tautology. What the second? Tautology.
律師最擅長的是什麼? 是同義反復. 其次呢?同義反復.再其次呢? 同義反復.