| 单词 | eloquent |
| 释义 | eloquent (once / 201 pages) adj When you're eloquent, you have a way with words. An eloquent speaker expresses herself clearly and powerfully. Even though eloquent usually describes oral speech, it can also be used to describe powerful writing. Being eloquent is about using words well. All the great writers from English class — such as Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, and Virginia Woolf — were eloquent. A great orator or speaker like Martin Luther King was eloquent. When something is beautifully, gorgeously, perfect said (or written), it's eloquent. Being eloquent requires your words to be smooth, clear, powerful, and interesting. To write or speak in an eloquent way takes a lot of work. WORD FAMILYeloquent: eloquence, eloquenter, eloquentest, eloquently+/elocute: elocutes, elocuting, elocution, eloquent/elocution: elocutionary, elocutionist/elocutionist: elocutionists/eloquence: eloquences/eloquently: ineloquently USAGE EXAMPLESThese brief yet complex stories, distilled from witness testimony, engage the reader in an eloquent plea for our common humanity. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Thank you, Elizabeth Fuller, for your eloquent comment. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) I discovered that the voice itself is a powerful and eloquent language that doesn’t need words. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) adj expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively Syn facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken articulate expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
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