| 单词 | rhetorical |
| 释义 | rhetorical (once / 2162 pages) adj If you ask a rhetorical question it means you don’t necessarily expect an answer, but you do want an occasion to talk about something. Rhetoric is the art of written or spoken communication. If you went to school a hundred years ago, your English class would have been called Rhetoric. But nowadays if we say something is rhetorical, we usually mean that it’s only good for talking. If you speak beautifully about carpentry but can’t ever actually build a cabinet, we might say you have lots of rhetorical flare, but very little real skill. WORD FAMILYrhetorical: rhetorically, unrhetorical+/rhetoric: rhetorical, rhetorician, rhetorics/rhetorician: rhetoricians/unrhetorical: unrhetorically USAGE EXAMPLESBut what of that middle word, the meat in this rhetorical sandwich? The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Asked about comparisons between his and Trump’s freewheeling rhetorical style and economic message, Biden seemed cautious to avoid directly criticizing the president-elect. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) The Jamaican-born poet writes a learned, lofty, rhetorical kind of poetry, a little like Tennyson. The New Yorker(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj of or relating to rhetoric "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford 2adj given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought mere rhetorical frippery Syn|Ant figurative, nonliteral (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech fancynot plain; decorative or ornamented bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgidostentatiously lofty in style flowery, ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details empurpled, over-embellished, purpleexcessively elaborate or showily expressed forensicof, relating to, or used in public debate or argument grandiloquent, magniloquent, talllofty in style oratoricalcharacteristic of an orator or oratory poetic, poeticalcharacteristic of or befitting poetry stylisticof or relating to style (especially in the use of language) unrhetorical not rhetorical informalused of spoken and written language literallimited to the explicit meaning of a word or text plainnot elaborate or elaborated; simple matter-of-fact, prosaicnot fanciful or imaginative plainspokenusing simple and direct language |
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