rhetorical question
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rɪˌtɒr.ɪ.kəl ˈkwes.tʃən]
- 美式音标 [rɪˌtɔːr.ɪ.kəl ˈkwes.tʃən]
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基本解释
- 反问；设问；修辞性疑问句
英汉例句
- Granted, there might be an exception for a clear rhetorical question, but that's not this case.
假如其是一个清楚的反问句则是例外，但那已经不是本案了。 - And ironically you sense, when you read this that even though Cain intends this as a rhetorical question "Am I my brother's keeper?
当读到这一段的时候，你能感觉到其中的讽刺意味,尽管该隐的回答是一个设问句,“难道我是他的看守吗？“ - To explain why, let me answer a rhetorical question posed by Professor John Taylor of Stanford University in a recent op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal.
为了解释其中的理由，我先回答斯坦福大学教授约翰·泰勒最近在《华尔街日报》发表的一篇文章中提出的一个反问。 - Archie, of course, can't stand this because for him it's perfectly clear that a rhetorical question is a rhetorical question.
阿齐当然无法忍受，因为对他来说,很明显修辞问句就是修辞问句。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选 - The answer to the rhetorical question is that we can't tell the difference between the dancer and the dance.
这个问句的答案是,我们无法辨别舞者和舞蹈。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选 - And ironically you sense, when you read this that even though Cain intends this as a rhetorical question "Am I my brother's keeper?"--in fact, he's right on the money.
当读到这一段的时候，你能感觉到其中的讽刺意味,尽管该隐的回答是一个设问句,“难道我是他的看守吗？“，事实上，指钱的话，他说的是对的。
耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选 - To me, the question he posed to the people was a rhetorical question.
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双语例句
原声例句
权威例句
词组短语
- rhetorical l question 反问
- rhetorical tag question 反问附加疑问句
- rhetorical purpose question 修辞目的题
- Rhetorical Device Question 修辞手法题
- Unexpected rhetorical question 意想不到的反问
短语
英英字典
- a question, asked in order to make a statement, that does not expect an answer
- a question to which no answer is required: used esp for dramatic effect. An example is Who knows? (with the implication Nobody knows) ,
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专业释义
- 反问句
On the surface structure, the rhetorical question and general interrogative sentence are not of the strictly identical structures.
所以反问句和一般疑问句在表层结构形式上并不是“严格意义的同构形式”。 - 假性问
- 修辞疑问句