rhetorical
/rɪˈtɒrɪkəl/adjective
1- of, relating to, or concerned with the art of rhetoric（与）修辞（有关）的：
repetition is a common rhetorical device.
重复是一种常见的修辞手段。
1.1
- expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress虚夸的; 辞藻华丽的：
the rhetorical commitment of the government to give priority to primary education.
政府满口承诺优先考虑初等教育。
1.2
- (of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information（问句）修辞性的, 设问形式的（为制造修辞效果而非引出信息的）。
派生词
rhetorically
adverb词源
late Middle English （first used in the sense 'eloquently expressed'）： via Latin from Greek rhētorikos （from rhētor 'rhetor'） + -AL.