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单词 rhetorize
释义

rhetorize

/ˈrɛtərʌɪz/
verb
1 [no object] To speak or write in a rhetorical manner, or in accordance with the principles of rhetoric. Compare rhetoricize. Now chiefly Literary Criticism.
2To express in rhetorical language; to make rhetorical in form or style.
3With clause or direct speech as object: to say or write in rhetorical language.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Michael Drayton (1536–1631), poet. From post-classical Latin rhetorizare to play the orator from Hellenistic Greek ῥητορίζειν to practise oratory from ancient Greek ῥήτωρ + -ίζειν. Compare Middle French, French rhétoriser.

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