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单词 rhetoric
释义
rhetoric
noun[U]
uk
/ˈret.ər.ɪk/us
/ˈret̬.ɚ.ɪk/
speechor writingintendedto beeffectiveandinfluencepeople:
雄辩言辞；煽动性语言
Howfarthepresidentwill beabletotranslatehiscampaignrhetoric intoactionremainsto beseen.总统在大选中作出的冠冕堂皇的承诺能够兑现多少尚待观察。
I wasswayedby her rhetoric intodonatingall mysavingsto thecharity.她巧言善辩，说得我服服帖帖，把全部储蓄都捐给了慈善机构。
languagespecialized
thestudyof thewaysof usinglanguageeffectively
修辞（学）；雄辩（术）
disapproving
cleverlanguagethatsoundsgood but is notsincereor has norealmeaning:
浮夸之词
Inreplyto thequestion, he justproduceda lot ofempty(=meaningless)rhetoric.他对这个问题的回答只是一大堆空洞的浮夸之词。
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  • He hastoneddown his rhetoric of late.
  • This isn't just rhetoric.
  • That maysoundlike rhetoric, awildexaggeration.
  • Beforelong, the samepoliticalrhetoric wasrepeated.
  • Without acoherentset ofpoliciestopersuadetheelectorate, the Republicans have resorted tosloganeeringandemptyrhetoric.
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(Definition ofrhetoricfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rhetoric| American Dictionary

rhetoric
noun[U]
us
/ˈret̬·ər·ɪk/
speechor writing that iseffectiveandpersuasive
literature
Rhetoric is also theartofspeakingand writingeffectively, or thestudyof thisart.

rhetorical

adjectiveus
/rɪˈtɔr·ɪ·kəl,-ˈtɑr-/
(Definition ofrhetoricfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrhetoric

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Contradictions inherent to these world views provide a basis for the transformation of politicalrhetoricand thus changes in political culture itself.
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First, fraternalrhetoricprepared working-class members for the industrial era rather than teaching them to question or challenge it.
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The elaborate, if formalised,rhetoricof official speeches is not comparable to a series of popularised archaeological accounts or newspaper articles.
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Thisrhetoricclearly endowed the king's body with wider symbolic significance, and this transformation is equally implicit in his own translation of the psalms.
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Elections ended andrhetoricbecame dominated by panegyric and display oratory, rather than a means of competing with aristocratic rivals.
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This type ofrhetoriccan lead toward an emptiness of moral meaning; the constant reinvention of principle weakens the firm quality of time-honored ideals.
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The promises of assimilation fell short of therhetoric.
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As this mode ofrhetoricbecomes the norm, downward politeness paradoxically becomes a linguistic marker of power, and a tool for exercising that power.
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An architecture withoutrhetoricis evidently an architecture that does not set out to persuade, yet somehow convinces.
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Many of these ideas were taken, adapted and transformed from therhetoricof language.
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The accompaniment draws on all the topoi of melodramaticrhetoric, but makes particular use of instrumental solos identified with a particular character.
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Pensions policy (along with policy in many other fields) is currently dominated by therhetoricof individual responsibility.
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But they were, in general, very unenthusiastic about therhetoricof civility in guiding them to the destined future.
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In terms of stylistic features and issues ofrhetoric, the voices of the writers are most prominent.
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The concept was defined by analogy torhetoricwherever melodic design was discussed.
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Collocationswithrhetoric

rhetoric

These are words often used in combination withrhetoric.

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classical rhetoric
Furthermore, it is based on a restricted notion of style - that of classical rhetoric.
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empty rhetoric
Talk of direct payments as empowering would look rather like empty rhetoric.
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mere rhetoric
One or two begin with loud tuttis, but thereafter eschew mere rhetoric.
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