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Rhetorical describes language chosen carefully to persuade or impress people, more about style and effect than plain information. The phrase you'll meet most is 'rhetorical question' — a question someone asks not because they want an answer, but to make a point, like 'Isn't it obvious?' You're not really expected to answer.
修辭的；rhetorical question 反問句、修辭性問句
組成rhetoric (the art of persuasive speaking) + -al (adjective ending).
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- rhetoricrhetorical describes something that uses rhetoric, the skill of persuasive speaking or writing
原始詞典資料4 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。
rhetoricaladj/ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/
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Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
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Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.
- Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
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Asked for dramatic or persuasive effect, rather than to get an answer.
- '"Are you an idiot? Actually, don't answer that, it was rhetorical."
rhetoricalnoun/ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/
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datededucationA study or exercise in rhetoric.
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。