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Rhetorical Words 考法1】Adj.语言上的,文字上的 Relating Language 例】The War Nations

正面 rhetorical
背面
【考法1】adj.语言上的,文字上的: of or relating to words or language
【例】The next war that those two nations fight won't be rhetorical - it will be with bombs and bullets.两国之间的下一场战争可不会是斗嘴皮了——他们会来真格的。
【近】lexical, linguistic, vocabular, wordy
【考法 2】adj.言辞华丽(却往往无内涵的): full of fine words and fancy expressionsbut mostly meaningless words and phrases
【例】You can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay. 你可以E兆过那些词藻华丽 的段落,直接获取文本的主旨。 The new governor delivered a long rhetorical speech about our state's bright future but laid out no specific programs for ensuring it.新的执政官发表了词藻华丽的演说,畅谈国家的美好未来,但却没有提出实现这一目标的具体措施。
【近】bombastic, flatulent, florid, fustian, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, oratorical, orotund, purple, windy
【反】prosaic 平凡无奇的;plain, simple简单的

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