eloquence
英 ['eləkwəns]
美 ['ɛləkwəns]
GRE CET6
1. e- "out" + loqu- + -ence.
2. => speak out.
- eloquence (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French eloquence (12c.), from Latin eloquentia, from eloquentem (nominative eloquens) "eloquent," present participle of eloqui "speak out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + loqui "to speak" (see locution). Earlier in same sense was eloquency (mid-14c.).
- 1. I wish I'd had the eloquence of Helmut Schmidt.
- 我希望自己像赫尔穆特·施密特一样能言善辩。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was struck by his simple, spellbinding eloquence.
- 她被他那率直、富有鼓动性的口才迷住了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.
- 恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. He expressed his sentiments about the war with great eloquence.
- 他雄辩地表达了他对那场战争的看法.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Wealth of words is not eloquence.
- 宏辞非雄辩.
来自《简明英汉词典》
