figures of speech

常見例句

I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我從說轉(zhuǎn)為了相信,僅僅因?yàn)槲也幌嘈抛约赫谑褂眯揶o。
That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是說我們認(rèn)為我們?cè)谥v述真理的時(shí)候,我們實(shí)際上卻在使用一些陳腐的修辭手法。
Right now, he knows that I am concentrated on finding and typing some figures of speech, and I am sure that my final rhetorical question, at last found, will be rewarded by an unfair bite.
現(xiàn)在，他知道我全神貫注的尋找并輸入一些修辭格，我確定，終于找到的最后一個(gè)反問句，將得到獎(jiǎng)賞——被不公平的叮咬一口。

That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是說我們認(rèn)為我們?cè)谥v述真理的時(shí)候,我們實(shí)際上卻在使用一些陳腐的修辭手法。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我從說轉(zhuǎn)為了相信,僅僅因?yàn)槲也幌嘈抛约赫谑褂眯揶o。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].
他說的就是這些，不只是語言,雖然人可以說很多這樣的話,經(jīng)常在他的詩歌中這樣。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選

For better or worse, these figures of speech are profoundly embedded in how we think.
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These figures of speech can be quite useful in taking complicated or abstract concepts and making them more understandable in tangible, visual ways.
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