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单词 grandiloquence
释义
grandiloquence
noun[U]
formalmainlydisapproving
uk
/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwəns/us
/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwəns/
astyleormannerofspeakingthat usescomplicatedlanguageinordertoattractadmirationandattention,especiallyinorderto make someone or somethingseemimportant:
（尤指为了使某人或者某物显得重要而）卖弄词藻的，言辞浮夸的，过分华丽的
His grandiloquence was apowerfulweaponthat he used toovercomerivalsandenemies.他卖弄词藻的能力是用来战胜对手和敌人的有力武器。
He has notlostthe grandiloquence thataddsdramato just about everything that comes out of hismouth.他卖弄辞藻的能力并没有消失，几乎为他所说的每一句话都增添了点戏剧性。
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  • Like Wordsworth, heveeredbetweenastonishinglyricalbeautyandpompousgrandiloquence.
  • Shespokesimplyanddirectly, for these were notpeoplewho wouldreactfavourablyto grandiloquence.
  • He should beableto makespeecheswith hiscustomarygrandiloquence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
  • alarmist
  • bloviate
  • blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
  • cartoonish
  • catastrophize
  • dramatization
  • dramatize
  • exaggerate
  • minimize
  • OTT
  • overboard
  • overdramatic
  • overdramatize
  • overembellish
  • overexaggerate
  • overplay
  • overstatement
  • pile
  • proportion
  • stretch the truthidiom
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(Definition ofgrandiloquencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrandiloquence

grandiloquence
In any event he allowed himself in both poems agrandiloquenceof expression barely under technical control.
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He assumes a value of 3% in order to arrive at an estimate for the deep, hot biosphere that matches hisgrandiloquence.
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Never mind clever-clever passion andgrandiloquence.
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He discovered that a poet could achieve a deeper poetic effect by not shouting or declaiming, or repeating himself, by avoiding bombast andgrandiloquence.
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Her big features matched itsgrandiloquenceand spoke volumes from a distance.
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The lightning effect, the blaze of colours, the razzmatazz and the synchronised spectacle in itsgrandiloquencetypifies the festival of lights.
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Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity,grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea.
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