eloquent
英 [ˈel.ə.kwənt]
美 [ˈel.ə.kwənt]
- adj. 意味深长的;雄辩的,有口才的;有说服力的;动人的
1. log- "talk, speak" => loqu- "talk, speak" (音变:-g- -> -k- -> -qu- 发音相同或相近).
eloquent 雄辩的e-, 向外。-loq, 说,词源同locution, colloquy.
- eloquent
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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.
- 1. I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner.
- 在那次晚宴上,我听到他作了一番非常有说服力的陈词。
- 2. My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
- 我母亲大谈为妻之道。
- 3. He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.
- 他能言善辩,胜过最好的演说家.
- 4. The defence lawyer made an eloquent plea for his client's acquittal.
- 被告方的律师为委托人的无罪开释作了有说服力的辩护.
- 5. These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.
- 这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖.