eloquent
英 ['el?kw?nt]
美 ['?l?kw?nt]
- adj. 意味深長的；雄辯的，有口才的；有說服力的；動人的
助記提示
1. log- "talk, speak" => loqu- "talk, speak" (音變：-g- -> -k- -> -qu- 發音相同或相近).
中文詞源
eloquent 雄辯的e-, 向外。-loq, 說，詞源同locution, colloquy.
英文詞源
- eloquent
- eloquent: see ventriloquist
- eloquent (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquentem (nominative eloquens) "speaking, having the faculty of speech; eloquent," present participle of eloqui "to speak out" (see eloquence). Related: Eloquently.
雙語例句
- 1. I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner.
- 在那次晚宴上，我聽到他作了一番非常有說服力的陳詞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
- 我母親大談為妻之道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.
- 他能言善辯,勝過最好的演說家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The defence lawyer made an eloquent plea for his client's acquittal.
- 被告方的律師為委托人的無罪開釋作了有說服力的辯護.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.
- 這些廢墟形象地提醒人們不要忘記戰爭的恐怖.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》