figure of speech和rhetoric 区别

figure of speech释义：

修辞；比喻说法

例句：

"The leopard cannot change his spots" is just a figure of speech.

“豹子改变不了身上的斑点”是个比喻，指江山易改本性难移。

rhetoric 释义：

n. 修辞，修辞学；华丽的词藻

adj. 花言巧语的

例句：

This speech with rhetoric piled up completely was unable to move the audience.

这种用华丽辞藻堆砌出来的演讲稿完全无法打动观众。

视频：

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