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 eloquence ['elәkwәns]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 口才, 雄辩术, 雄辩

[法] 善辩, 口才


  1. I admire him for his eloquence.
    我佩服他的口才。
  2. His eloquence did not avail against the facts.
    他的雄辩在事实面前不起什么作用。
  3. Her eloquence is so good that she cuts down the best orator.
    她的口才如此之好,连最优秀的演说家也会相形见绌。


eloquence
[ noun ]
powerful and effective language
<noun.communication>
his eloquence attracted a large congregationfluency in spoken and written English is essential
his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police


Eloquence \El"o*quence\, n. [F. ['e]loquence, L. eloquentia, fr.
eloquens. See {Eloquent}.]
1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in
public; the power of expressing strong emotions in
striking and appropriate language either spoken or
written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance
of the heart. --Hare.

2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and
persuasive speech.

Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. --Pope.

The hearts of men are their books; events are their
tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
--Macaulay.

3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.

O, let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. --Shak.

Syn: Oratory; rhetoric.

  1. The image of Bush, the boring speaker: "I may not be the most eloquent, but I learned early that eloquence won't draw oil from the ground.
  2. Smith got the message - and underpaid her for the book. Villette, with its icy heroine Lucy Snowe, is the tale of a woman's rise from frozen passivity to eloquence - Charlotte's own Brussels story.
  3. The prospect of the Spanish fishing fleet gaining full access to waters west of the UK spurs Mr John Ashworth into grim eloquence. Mr Ashworth, spokesman for the Save Britain's Fish campaign, believes this is the thin end of the wedge.
  4. In contrast, we in industry are not measured by eloquence of speech nor erudition in writing but on attainment of quantified and timed objectives.
  5. We are strengthened by the example and the eloquence of one of the most talented individuals in this nation _ one whose life and words alike give new meaning to our oldest ideals.
  6. The first demands not only technical bravura but the ability to apply it to the ends of musical eloquence.
  7. Their eloquence is manufactured by self-effacing, anonymous ghosts, who work overtime in an election year.
  8. The vapidity of the dialogue between Tupper and his wife, heard hard on the heels of the old-movie eloquence, yields the sort of contrast the makers of "Dream On" cannot have intended.
  9. Because of the book's eloquence in capturing the need to raise growth once more to the top of the corporate agenda.
  10. At a recent tenants meeting in embattled Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn, I was struck by the eloquence of a young woman who, after we had outlined our vigorous eviction policy, said, "This is fine.
  11. The interest seems to center on Jackson as a person and international celebrity, his eloquence and flair, and on the historical significance of his candidacy.
  12. Created for Judith Jamison, who now directs the Ailey company, it was danced by Renee Robinson with absolute conviction, and with an eloquence that avoided bombast or emotional wallowing.
  13. There was a natural eloquence about him.
  14. The opening was lovely: a pianissimo thrill in the air, unhurried eloquence in the first brass phrases. On the other hand - doubts set in with the second subject, which arrived without a trace of its natural Austrian lilt.
  15. Maybe this will be the breakthrough debate, the occasion when one or the other will so impress voters with his eloquence or ineptitude that the election will be decided then and there.
  16. What eloquence he brought to Prince Andrei's disturbing death scene, the saddest pages in the score.
  17. Both artists also savour the choreography, delight in its nuances, and it is especially rewarding to watch Mukhamedov exploring dances made for the very different gifts of Anthony Dowell, and yet finding in them new power, and eloquence.
  18. He elevated politics with his wit and eloquence, and no one who saw him so would forget him.
  19. His Spanish lacks eloquence, his vocabulary is limited.
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