rhetoric

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. countable,uncountable
    — Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.
  2. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. countable,derogatory,sometimes,uncountable
    — It’s only so much rhetoric.
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of rhetorical.

词形变化

rhetorick alternative,obsolete rhetorics plural rhetorick alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
speechcraft wordcraft
衍生词
current-traditional rhetoric deep rhetoric public rhetoric rhetorical rhetorician
相关词
preterition

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rethorik, from Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορῐκός (rhētorĭkós). By surface analysis, rhetor + -ic.
词源 2
From Middle English rethorik, rhetoric, from Old French rhetorique, from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική (rhētorikḗ), ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē), from ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).
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