| 词汇 | grandiloquence |
| 释义 | grandiloquence noun[ U ] formal mainly disapprovinguk /ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwəns/ us /ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwəns/ a style or manner of speaking that uses complicated language in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important: （尤指为了使某人或者某物显得重要而）卖弄词藻的，言辞浮夸的，过分华丽的 His grandiloquence was a powerful weapon that he used to overcome rivals and enemies.他卖弄词藻的能力是用来战胜对手和敌人的有力武器。 He has not lost the grandiloquence that adds drama to just about everything that comes out of his mouth.他卖弄辞藻的能力并没有消失，几乎为他所说的每一句话都增添了点戏剧性。 See grandiloquent Like Wordsworth, he veered between astonishing lyrical beauty and pompous grandiloquence. She spoke simply and directly, for these were not people who would react favourably to grandiloquence. He should be able to make speeches with his customary grandiloquence. Exaggerating & playing down bloviate blow something out of proportionidiom cartoonish cartoonishly catastrophize fulsome go overboardidiom inflated make a mountain out of a molehillidiom make much of somethingidiom make something of something/someone meal mildly minimization OTT over-egg protest too muchidiom romanticize underplay underrate Examples of grandiloquencegrandiloquence In any event he allowed himself in both poems a grandiloquence of expression barely under technical control. He assumes a value of 3% in order to arrive at an estimate for the deep, hot biosphere that matches his grandiloquence. Never mind clever-clever passion and grandiloquence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He discovered that a poet could achieve a deeper poetic effect by not shouting or declaiming, or repeating himself, by avoiding bombast and grandiloquence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her big features matched its grandiloquence and spoke volumes from a distance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lightning effect, the blaze of colours, the razzmatazz and the synchronised spectacle in its grandiloquence typifies the festival of lights. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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