rhetorical的词源

英文词源

rhetorical (adj.)

mid-15c., "eloquent," from Latin rhetoricus, from Greek rhetorikos "oratorical, rhetorical; skilled in speaking," from rhetor "orator" (see rhetoric). Meaning "pertaining to rhetoric" is from 1520s. Rhetorical question is from 1670s. Related: Rhetorically.

中文词源

rhetorical：花言巧语的，修辞的

来自 rhetor,演说家，修辞学者。比喻用法。

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