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单词 rhetorical
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rhetorical

adjective
/rɪˈtɒrɪkl/
/rɪˈtɔːrɪkl/
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  1. (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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  2. (formal, often disapproving) (of a speech or piece of writing) intended to influence people, but not completely honest or sincereTopics Languagec1
  3. (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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  4. Word Originlate Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor’) + -al.
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