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单词 eloquence
释义 el·o·quence
\ˈeləkwən(t)s sometimes -lēk- or -lik-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin eloquentia, from eloquent-, eloquens + -ia -y
1.
 a. : discourse marked by force and persuasiveness suggesting strong feeling or deep sincerity; especially : discourse marked by apt and fluent diction and imaginative fervor
  < the poetry of western nations is eloquence in meter — George Santayana >
 b. : the art or power of using such discourse
  < Plato's eloquence and moral fervor — G.R.Morrow >
2. : forceful or persuasive usually oral expressiveness
 < he convinces himself by the sheer eloquence of his own voice — H.J.Laski >
 < the eloquence of the photographs — Times Literary Supplement >
3. archaic : rhetoric
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