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Someone who is eloquent speaks or in a way that is clear, smooth, and persuasive — they choose their words well and express difficult or emotional ideas in a way that moves other people. You use this word as a compliment, usually about speeches, writers, or people talking about something they care deeply about. It's a step up from just "good at talking" — it suggests real skill and grace with language.
口才好的、雄辯的
組成From a root meaning "to speak out" — the same root shows up in "elocution," the skill of clear public speaking.
同家族的字
- elocutionshares the same root meaning "to speak out"
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
eloquentadj/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/
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Fluently persuasive and articulate.
- an eloquent writer
- He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.
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Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
- an eloquent article
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medicinesciencesRelating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.
- Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered untreatable in the past.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。