rhetorical question

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrhetorical questionrhetorical questionSAY/STATEa question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer → rhetoricalExamples from the Corpusrhetorical question• That is not a rhetorical question.• The two extremes can be expressed in the form of two rhetorical questions.• These and other rhetorical questions are asked in a spirit of humility with no stones clutched, hidden in the hand.• A rhetorical question, but asked with deep feeling.• But rhetorical questions can be over-used, especially where answers to the questions do not follow immediately.• Consider these two rhetorical questions, from an essay on Othello: Does this tell us about Shakespeare?• His critics even smile in anticipation of a rhetorical question meeting with a devastating reply.• The rhetorical question rightly goes unanswered, and the following paragraph consigns the missio unmourned to the shades.

单词	rhetorical question
释义	rhetorical question From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrhetorical questionrhetorical questionSAY/STATEa question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer → rhetoricalExamples from the Corpusrhetorical question• That is not a rhetorical question.• The two extremes can be expressed in the form of two rhetorical questions.• These and other rhetorical questions are asked in a spirit of humility with no stones clutched, hidden in the hand.• A rhetorical question, but asked with deep feeling.• But rhetorical questions can be over-used, especially where answers to the questions do not follow immediately.• Consider these two rhetorical questions, from an essay on Othello: Does this tell us about Shakespeare?• His critics even smile in anticipation of a rhetorical question meeting with a devastating reply.• The rhetorical question rightly goes unanswered, and the following paragraph consigns the missio unmourned to the shades.
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