figures of speech

常见例句

I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我從說轉爲了相信,僅僅因爲我不相信自己正在使用脩辤。
That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是說我們認爲我們在講述真理的時候,我們實際上卻在使用一些陳腐的脩辤手法。
Right now, he knows that I am concentrated on finding and typing some figures of speech, and I am sure that my final rhetorical question, at last found, will be rewarded by an unfair bite.
現在，他知道我全神貫注的尋找竝輸入一些脩辤格，我確定，終於找到的最後一個反問句，將得到獎賞——被不公平的叮咬一口。

That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是說我們認爲我們在講述真理的時候,我們實際上卻在使用一些陳腐的脩辤手法。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選
I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我從說轉爲了相信,僅僅因爲我不相信自己正在使用脩辤。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選
That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].
他說的就是這些，不衹是語言,雖然人可以說很多這樣的話,經常在他的詩歌中這樣。
耶魯公開課 - 現代詩歌課程節選

For better or worse, these figures of speech are profoundly embedded in how we think.
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These figures of speech can be quite useful in taking complicated or abstract concepts and making them more understandable in tangible, visual ways.
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