rhetorical

英 [rɪˈtɒrɪkl]

美 [rɪˈtɔːrɪkl]

adj.  反问的; 反诘的; 辞藻华丽的; 虚夸的; 花言巧语的; 修辞的; 修辞性的; 带有修辞色彩的

复数：rhetoricals　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.10258 / COCA.7493

牛津词典

adj.

• 反问的；反诘的
  asked only to make a statement or to produce an effect rather than to get an answer
  1. ‘Don't you care what I do?’ he asked, but it was a rhetorical question .
     “我做什么，难道你不关心吗？”他问道，可那是个反问。
• 辞藻华丽的；虚夸的；花言巧语的
  intended to influence people, but not completely honest or sincere
• 修辞的；修辞性的；带有修辞色彩的
  connected with the art of rhetoric
  1. the use of rhetorical devices such as metaphor and irony
     诸如暗喻和反讽等修辞手法的运用

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (问题)修辞性的，反问的，反诘的
  Arhetoricalquestion is one which is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an answer.
  1. He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question...
     他微微皱了下眉头，显然并不期待任何人回答他的反问。
  2. He made no answer to the Commandante's question, which had been rhetorical in any case.
     他没有回答司令官的问题，反正司令官只是反问一下。
• ADJ-GRADED (语言)夸张的，词藻华丽的，修辞的
  Rhetoricallanguage is intended to be grand and impressive.
  1. These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.
     这些论据或许是用来作为一种修辞手段来论证联合国将发挥长久的作用。

双语例句

• Those rhetorical devices used in advertisements of enterprises such as trope or transferring meaning, personification, pun and allusion, repetition and parallelism, rhyme, especially alliteration and rhythm offer enjoyment in aesthetics.
  企业广告中运用比喻、拟人、双关和成语典故、反复和平行结构、押韵和节奏等修辞手段，给人以美的享受。
• These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.
  这些论据或许是用来作为一种修辞手段来论证联合国将发挥长久的作用。
• Pragmatic analysis of rhetorical features in advertising
  合作原则下广告语修辞特点的语用分析
• The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.
  作为修辞方法的同一个单词或句型的反复使用。
• Can you turn the declarative sentence into a rhetorical question?
  你能把这个陈述句改成反问句吗？
• He made no answer to the Commandante's question, which had been rhetorical in any case.
  他没有回答司令官的问题，反正司令官只是反问一下。
• The question was purely rhetorical.
  这个问题完全是修辞性的。
• The rhetorical function of Chinese words is very abundant, the affixation rhetorical function is one of them.
  汉语词语的修辞功能是较丰富的，词语的附加修辞功能只是词语的语言修辞功能的一个方面。
• From public relations and rhetorical approach, this paper reviews on crisis communication research in recent years.
  本文从公共关系学和修辞学两种取向，针对国内外近年来的危机传播研究进行了综述。
• Those are rhetorical questions I'm not supposed to answer, right?
  这些是我不用回答的修辞的问题，对吧？