transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪtɒrɪk(ə)l, AM -tɔ:r- ]
1.
A rhetorical question is one which is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an answer.
He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• rhe‧tori‧cal‧ly
‘Do these kids know how lucky they are?’ Jackson asked rhetorically.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
Rhetorical language is intended to be grand and impressive. ( FORMAL )
These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• rhe‧tori‧cal‧ly
Suddenly, the narrator speaks in his most rhetorically elevated mode.
ADV