名词
1. 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。
1. 花言巧语;华丽的词藻;浮夸之词
If you refer to speech or writing as rhetoric, you disapprove of it because it is intended to convince and impress people but may not be sincere or honest.
e.g. What is required is immediate action, not rhetoric...
需要的是立刻采取行动，而不是说些华而不实的空话。
e.g. The harsh rhetoric had so soured officials that the two sides were barely speaking.
激烈的言辞让官员们关系如此恶化，双方几乎不怎么说话。
2. 修辞;修辞学
Rhetoric is the skill or art of using language effectively.
e.g. ...the noble institutions of political life, such as political rhetoric, public office and public service.
政治生活中高尚的惯例，如政治雄辩术、公职和公共服务
1. He can by no means conceal the separatist nature of his activities no matter what by whatever disguise and whatever florid rhetoric he may use.
2. Safer assets such as government bonds and gold traded higher on the day, suggesting investors would need to see more than just rhetoric before acting.
3. With Iran waving threats of a firm response to any UN sanction, it also appeared aimed at cooling Tehran's rhetoric and casting Russia as a peacemaker.
4. US officials dismissed North Korea's opening comments as unsurprising rhetoric, while the chief American delegate said it was time to move forward on disarmament.
5. On Saturday when the Chinese commemorate the first anniversary of the Beijing Olympics, there would be plenty of rhetoric about legacies of the historic event.
6. But differences between the senators could affect policy later, especially if Chinese officials keep up their recent tilt toward slightly more conciliatory rhetoric.
7. rhetoric的近义词
7. The rhetoric strengthens ethnic tensions amid fears Congo's conflict could again escalate beyond its borders.
8. Chan criticized the central government for having handled the issue of constitutional development with " public rhetoric and posturing reminiscent of the'cultural revolution'".
9. rhetoric
9. Its foreign secretary's rhetoric is a very dangerous sign that the Philippines will probably be the country stuck in a dangerous counterbalance game with Japan.
10. rhetoric的解释
10. Despite the rising rhetoric, the current discord is not about a fundamental clash of national interest.
noun
1. study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
2. loud and confused and empty talk
e.g. mere rhetoric
Synonym: palaver hot air empty words empty talk
3. high-flown style
excessive use of verbal ornamentation
e.g. the grandiosity of his prose
an excessive ornateness of language
Synonym: grandiosity magniloquence ornateness grandiloquence
4. using language effectively to please or persuade