单词
figures of speech
释义
figures of speechplural offigure of speech(Definition offigures of speechfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffigures of speech
figures of speechIn some treatises, elocutio includes both 'figures of thought' and 'figuresofspeech'.From theCambridge English CorpusMany rhetorical treatises divide the figures of elocutio into 'figures of thought' and 'figuresofspeech'.From theCambridge English CorpusPoets' sensual reactions tofiguresofspeecheffectively serve as signposts for audiences that mark the boundaries between moral and ideological domains.From theCambridge English CorpusIn general, he finds that non-core words are associated with greater intensity and intimacy, as is greater use offiguresofspeech.From theCambridge English CorpusFrom this orderliness we can detect the social functions (rather than cognitive aspects) of the use offiguresofspeechin interaction.From theCambridge English CorpusYour conjunctions and your hyperboles are all mixed up with your syntax, and yourfiguresofspeechonly fall between 10 and 20.From theCambridge English CorpusIt is also this controversial assumption that enables us to understandfiguresofspeechsuch as hyperbole or metaphors.From theCambridge English CorpusThis expression refers tofiguresofspeech, that is, literary devices that embellish and beautify ordinary language.From theCambridge English CorpusChap. 4 analyzesfiguresofspeechthat are often found in literary texts, such as metaphors, metonyms, idioms, and hyperbole.From theCambridge English CorpusSuchfiguresofspeechare part and parcel of the machinery of the language and seldom cause problems of understanding; nor do they usually disturb the basic meanings of words.From theCambridge English CorpusHe should show some respect and not use suchfiguresofspeech.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishHe finished with a splendid mixture offiguresofspeechand figures of arithmetic.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We have hadfiguresofspeechabout contracts and masters and servants and about horses and the momentum of cars going uphill.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We use thesefiguresofspeechas though we were pot boilers.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That is not cynicism—unless it is cynical to recognise that we are dealing with human beings and not simply withfiguresofspeech.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These 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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/figures-of-speech##
