rhetoric
rhetoric 英 [ˈretərɪk] 美 [ˈrɛtərɪk]
n. 修辞，花言巧语 adj. 花言巧语的
名词复数:rhetorics
- Rhetoric is speaking or writing that's intended to persuade. If your goal is to write editorial columns for "The New York Times," you should work on your rhetoric.
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- n. 修辞，花言巧语
- adj. 花言巧语的
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1. the rhetoric of political slogans
政治口号的虚华辞藻
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2. empty rhetoric
空洞的花言巧语
- rhetoric (n.) early 14c., from Old French rethorique, from Latin rhetorice, from Greek rhetorike techne "art of an orator," from rhetor (genitive rhetoros) "speaker, orator, teacher of rhetoric," related to rhesis "speech," rhema "word, phrase, verb," literally "that which is spoken," from PIE *wre-tor-, from root *were- (3) "to speak" (source also of Old English word, Latin verbum, Greek eirein "to say;" see verb).
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