rhetoric

英['retərik]美['retərik]

n.
1. 修辞，修辞学
2. 华丽虚饰的语言，花言巧语

同：	[n.] empty talk, empty words, grandiloquence, grandiosity

They appeared to view any questioning of their rhetoric--even an honest difference of opinion by a man--as chauvinist.
那些人似乎把所有对她们的言论提出的疑义--哪怕是一名男子提出的诚实的不同看法--都看成是大男子主义。收藏
hyped-up rhetoric to dramatize the strike (New York Times).
煽动人心的修辞，用来使罢工戏剧化（纽约时报）。收藏
Such promises of cleaning up on the part of the bourgeois politicians are all preelection rhetoric
资产阶级政客们这类实行改革的诺言，完全是为谋收藏
High-flown rhetoric.
夸张的华丽词句。收藏
As for rant and rhetoric, they could enter easily into any contest with their Latin preceptor.
至于激昂慷慨的长篇演说和浮夸的讲话，他们是可能乐于同他们的拉丁导师进行任何较量的。收藏

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using language effectively to please or persuade
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
[同] grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric

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