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Mr_Song
2020年6月6日

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  • 英語 (美國)
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Let's talk in long discursive sentences.

 是什麼意思

I know it sounds pretty pompous, but I don't know what exactly 'discursive' means here.
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Kirby_Yoshi
2020年6月6日

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Discursive: “moving from topic to topic without order : RAMBLING”

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disc...

Rambling means to talk and talk and talk about a lot of different unrelated topics. For example, some teachers ramble on and on when they’re teaching a class. They get off-topic really fast and sometimes talk about their personal life instead of actually teaching. These teachers give discursive lectures.

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Mr_Song
2020年6月6日

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@Kirby_Yoshi Thanks! The example is quite vivid!
Kirby_Yoshi
2020年6月6日

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You’re welcome! I’ve never said, used, or written “discursive” before. (I have heard of it a couple times, but I had to look it up 🙃) It’s a very formal word, but the word “rambling” is a very common and useful word!

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Mr_Song
2020年6月6日

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@Kirby_Yoshi Thanks for clarifying that! I'm watching The Good Place on Netflix and this is a line of a character who's designed to speak pompous English. Every time she talks, I have to pause the show and look up words like this. Haha
Kirby_Yoshi
2020年6月6日

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@Mr_Song oh.. haha 😂 I don’t like it when people try to sound smart by saying words nobody uses today

Must be a good show, though! It sounds funny 😸

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