rhetoric

['retərik]

n.修辞, 修辞学, 华丽虚饰的语言

例句与用法：

Strip off the platform rhetoric and what you are left with?

揭掉那一套竞选政纲的花言巧语，你还剩下什么？

One whose conduct, thought, or rhetoric is governed by emotion rather than reason, often as a matter of policy.

感情主义者行为、思想或言语受情感而非理智控制的人，通常指政策方面

I am tired of the empty rhetoric of politicians.

我讨厌政客们的花言巧语。

The sentence contains impassioned rhetoric.

这个句子含有富有表现力的修辞。

详细释义：

n.[U]

1. 修辞; 修辞学; 修辞学著作

2. 雄辩(术); 辩才

3. 辞令, 言语

Despite their tough anti-American rhetoric, the government is privately trying to maintain good relations with the U.S..

尽管他们发表强硬的反美言论, 政府仍试图私下与美国保持良好关系。

4. 【贬】花言巧语, 浮夸之词