rhetorical

adjective

/rɪˈtɒrɪkl/

/rɪˈtɔːrɪkl/

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(of a question) asked only to make a statement or to produce an effect rather than to get an answer
- ‘Don't you care what I do?’ he asked, but it was a rhetorical question.
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(formal, often disapproving) (of a speech or piece of writing) intended to influence people, but not completely honest or sincereTopics Languagec1
(formal) connected with the art of rhetoric
- the use of rhetorical devices such as metaphor and irony
- She ended her speech with a rhetorical flourish.
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Word Originlate Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor’) + -al.

单词	rhetorical
释义	rhetorical adjective /rɪˈtɒrɪkl/ /rɪˈtɔːrɪkl/ jump to other results (of a question) asked only to make a statement or to produce an effect rather than to get an answer ‘Don't you care what I do?’ he asked, but it was a rhetorical question. Topics Languagec1 (formal, often disapproving) (of a speech or piece of writing) intended to influence people, but not completely honest or sincereTopics Languagec1 (formal) connected with the art of rhetoric the use of rhetorical devices such as metaphor and irony She ended her speech with a rhetorical flourish. Topics Languagec1 Word Originlate Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor’) + -al.
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