rhetorical

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/|/ɹəˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/    美 /ɹɪˈtɔɹɪkəl/|/ɹəˈtɔɹɪkəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A study or exercise in rhetoric. dated
形容词 adj.
  1. Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade. not-comparable
  2. Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument. not-comparable
    — Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
  3. Asked for dramatic or persuasive effect, rather than to get an answer. not-comparable
    — '"Are you an idiot? Actually, don't answer that, it was rhetorical."

词形变化

rhetoricals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antirhetorical musicorhetorical nonrhetorical retardical rhetorical device rhetorical induction rhetoricality rhetorically rhetorical mode rhetoricalness rhetorical question unrhetorical
相关词
rhetoric

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.
词源 2
From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.
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