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eloquence 音标拼音: ['ɛləkwəns]
n. 口才,雄辩术,雄辩 口才,雄辩术,雄辩 eloquence n 1: powerful and effective language; " his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; " fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; " his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" [ synonym: { eloquence}, { fluency}, { smoothness}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. -- Hare. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech. [ 1913 Webster] Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is eloquently uttered or written. [ 1913 Webster] O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. -- Shak. Syn: Oratory; rhetoric. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " eloquence": articulacy, articulateness, debating, declamation, demagogism, elocution, expression, expressiveness, facility of speech, facundity, fervor, force, forcefulness, forensics, homiletics, lecturing, meaningfulness, oratory, passion, platform oratory, power, public speaking, pyrotechnics, rabble- rousing, rhetoric, speaking, speechcraft, speechification, speeching, speechmaking, spirit, stump speaking, vigor, wordcraft
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