rhetorical
英 [rɪ'tɒrɪk(ə)l]
美[rɪ'tɔrɪkl]
- adj. 修辞的；修辞学的；夸张的
英英释意
- 1. of or relating to rhetoric;
- "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White
- "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford
- 2. concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking;
- "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"