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rhetorical question

/ri-tawr-i-kuhl kwes-chuhn, -tor-/US // rɪˈtɔr ɪ kəl ˈkwɛs tʃən, -ˈtɒr- //

反问句,反问句式,反问,反问语

Related Words

comment评论,意见,评语,评述explanation解释,说明,解说,解读feedback反馈,反馈信息,反馈意见,回馈interpretation解释,解读,翻译,解释权justification理由,理由是,辩解,解释key钥匙,关键,密钥,关键的observation观察,观测,观察结果,观察力rebuttal反驳,反驳的话,反驳意见,反证remark评论,说法,意见,说话report报告,报道,报导,举报resolution决议,决议案,决议草案,决议的response回应,回覆,回响,回音result结果,成果,效果,结果是return返回,回归,返还,回返sign签名,符号,标志,签署solution解决办法,解决方案,溶液,解决方法statement声明,声明书,发言,说话acknowledgment认可,鸣谢,确认,承认antiphon唱诗班,反祷词,反祷文,唱诗词close关闭,密切,结束,靠近

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Rhetoric.

    • : a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion of affirmation or denial and not to elicit a reply, as “Has there ever been a more perfect day for a picnic?” or “Are you out of your mind?”

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inopen question
Synonyms
anybody's guess谁也说不准,众说纷纭,谁都能猜到,谁都能猜到的loose end松散的结局,松散的尽头,松散的末端,松散的结束question问题,疑问,疑问句toss of a coin投掷硬币,抛掷硬币,掷硬币,抛硬币
as inanswer
Synonyms
comment评论,意见,评语,评述explanation解释,说明,解说,解读feedback反馈,反馈信息,反馈意见,回馈interpretation解释,解读,翻译,解释权justification理由,理由是,辩解,解释key钥匙,关键,密钥,关键的observation观察,观测,观察结果,观察力rebuttal反驳,反驳的话,反驳意见,反证remark评论,说法,意见,说话report报告,报道,报导,举报resolution决议,决议案,决议草案,决议的response回应,回覆,回响,回音result结果,成果,效果,结果是return返回,回归,返还,回返sign签名,符号,标志,签署solution解决办法,解决方案,溶液,解决方法statement声明,声明书,发言,说话acknowledgment认可,鸣谢,确认,承认antiphon唱诗班,反祷词,反祷文,唱诗词close关闭,密切,结束,靠近comeback回归,复出,卷土重来,回头是岸cooler冷却器,冷藏室,冷器,冷藏箱counterclaim反请求,反诉请求,反诉,反请求权crack裂缝,缝隙,裂纹,裂痕defense辩护,防卫,防守,防御disclosure披露,披露信息,信息披露,披露情况echo回声,回音,回响,呼应elucidation阐释,阐明,澄清,解释guff胡说八道,胡说,乱七八糟lip嘴唇,唇部,唇,唇语plea抗辩,恳求,诉状,恳请refutation驳斥,驳论,辩驳,反驳rejoinder回应,回话,复辩,复述repartee对答如流,反驳,对答,对话retort反驳,抗辩,还口,反驳说riposte反驳,反驳说,翻版,翻案topper拓荒者,顶端的人,顶尖高手,顶端vindication平反,平反昭雪,平反昭彰,平反昭示wisecrack俏皮话,妙语连珠,幽默感band-aid创可贴,创口贴,胶布,带状物back talk回头说,背语,回话,回头再说backcap后盖,背盖,后盖板,背面盖parting shot临别一击,临别赠言,离别时的镜头,离别时的情景pay dirt财富,财富的来源,财富的来源是什么quick fix快速解决,快速修复,迅速解决,迅速修复thank-you notethe ticket票据,票证,票务,票

Examples

  • He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.

  • She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.

  • Her post-crown fame, though, only further begs the question: Why has there not been another Jewish Miss America since 1945?

  • We were barely into the appetizer when he asked a fairly basic question—where did my family live?

  • The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.

  • There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.

  • In fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.

  • It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.

  • Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"

  • The moment was an awkward one, and Cynthia wished madly that she had not been prompted to ask that unfortunate question.

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