ADJECTIVE | VERB + RHETORIC | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤empty, mere浮誇之詞;只是空話◇Her speech was just empty rhetoric.她的演講只是些浮誇之詞。➤fiery, inflammatory, powerful, radical激烈的/煽動性的/有力的/極端的言辭▸➤government, official, public政府言辭;官方言辭;公眾輿論➤campaign競選時的華麗辭藻▸➤nationalist, patriotic, political, revolutionary民族主義者的/愛國主義的/政治性的/革命的言辭➤religious宗教辭令VERB + RHETORIC➤adopt, employ, engage in, resort to, use使用華麗言辭◇He was prepared to use militant rhetoric in attacking his opponents.他不惜使用犀利的言辭攻擊對手。PREPOSITION➤behind the rhetoric, beneath the rhetoric在言辭的背後◇Behind all the rhetoric, his relations with the army are tense.在冠冕堂皇的言辭背後,他和軍隊的關係實則處於緊張狀態。➤despite the rhetoric儘管有言論◇Little has changed, despite the rhetoric about reform.儘管關於改革的言辭頗為動聽,但情況基本沒什麼改變。➤rhetoric about, rhetoric on有關⋯的言辭◇official rhetoric on the virtues of large families有關大家庭優點的官方言辭