rhetorical

1. ADJ A rhetorical question is one that is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an answer. 修辭上的 (設(shè)問); 反問的

He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question. 他稍稍做了個苦相，顯然并不指望對他的修辭性設(shè)問有所回答。

2. rhetoricallyADV 修辭上地 (設(shè)問); 反問地[ADV with v]

"Do these kids know how lucky they are?" Jackson asked rhetorically. “這些孩子知道他們有多幸運嗎？”杰克遜反問道。

3. ADJ Rhetorical language is intended to be grand and impressive. 詞藻華麗的; 修辭性的 (語言)[正式]

These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role. 這些爭論可能已被用作支持聯(lián)合國角色永存的一種修辭手段。

4. rhetoricallyADV 詞藻華麗地; (語言) 修辭性地

Suddenly, the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode. 突然，講述者以其最華麗的措辭方式講起來。