Before that oxymoron was a technical term describing a rhetorical device .
在此之前,oxymoron是一个技术术语,用来描述一种夸张的装置。
Socrates was withering when it came to a polished rhetorical performance .
如果他看到这样一个光鲜的、辞藻华丽的表演,苏格拉底一定非常失望。
Mr obama is guilty not of rhetorical excess but of economic muddle .
奥巴马不应该因过于华丽的辞藻而感到内疚,而应该为经济困境而忏悔。
You might dismiss that as rhetorical exuberance , but it becomes ever more apparent that his ambition is real .
你或许会不以为然,认为这不过是华丽的说辞,但情况越来越明显,他的野心是真实的。
Mr cash quotes bright 's dictum that " my life is in my speeches " many of which are rhetorical masterpieces ; but the reader wants more of the man more of the life outside the speeches .