rhetoric

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n. 修辞, 修辞学, 雄辩(术)

发音

其它
/ˈɹɛtəɹɪk/
/ɹɪˈtɒɹɪk/
其它 /ɹɪˈtɒɹɪk/

词形变化

rhetorics 复数 rhetorics

别名

rhet. rhetorick

教材释义与例句

名词

修辞，修辞学；华丽的词藻

形容词

花言巧语的

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

    修辞

    修辞学

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

    强词夺理

    可数 贬义 不可数

    It’s only so much rhetoric.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of rhetorical.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

hot air empty words grandiloquence grandiosity magniloquence ornateness palaver

上位词 6

nonsense style bunk meaninglessness hokum nonsensicality

下位词 7

blah flourish rant claptrap bombast Ciceronianism fustian

部分词 1

rhetorical device

相关短语

deep rhetoric public rhetoric current-traditional rhetoric

词源

From Middle English rethorik, rhetoric, from Old French rhetorique, from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική (rhētorikḗ), ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē), from ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).

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