| 词汇 | rhetorical-question |
| 释义 | rhetorical question noun[ C ] uk /rɪˌtɒr.ɪ.kəl ˈkwes.tʃən/ us /rɪˌtɔːr.ɪ.kəl ˈkwes.tʃən/ a question, asked in order to make a statement, that does not expect an answer: 修辞性疑问（句）;反问句 "Why do these things always happen to me?" is a rhetorical question.“这种事情为什么老发生在我身上？”是个修辞性疑问句。 Questioning people & asking questions in general ask after someone ask questions of someone/somethingidiom be someone's for the askingidiom beat something out of someone bombard consultative Gallup poll inquisition inquisitor outpoll pin someone down ply someone with something poll pry put someone through the millidiom put someone through the wringeridiom roll shoot survey trick question rhetorical question | American Dictionaryrhetorical question noun[ C ] us/rɪˈtɔr·ɪ·kəl ˈkwes·tʃən, -ˈtɑr-/ a statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer Examples of rhetorical questionrhetorical question The lines seem to answer yes, but only in the form of a rhetoricalquestion. They ask the rhetoricalquestion of whether silence on such arrangements in other reports indicates the absence of relevant expertise or problems. As medical educators, we are obligated to provide our students with constructive answers to that rhetoricalquestion. But the interesting thing about this example is that it is a rhetoricalquestion. This was more than just a rhetoricalquestion. This type of rhetoricalquestion is in fact quite rare in academic discourse. The rhetoricalquestion was, which reality? We will have to treat that as a rhetoricalquestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am left with no choice but to treat it as a rhetoricalquestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a good rhetoricalquestion, but it is not quite so good if we look carefully into it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that that is something of a rhetoricalquestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask the rhetoricalquestion, is it not also plain common sense that that should be necessary? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not asking for this information—this is a rhetoricalquestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will try to answer that rhetoricalquestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that that is a rhetoricalquestion: we all know the answer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of rhetorical question 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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