Talking and eloquence are not the same thing: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
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n. 口才,辩才;雄辩;雄辩术;修辞法;
💡 e出+loqu说话+ence名词后缀 → 雄辩,口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了.
近义:loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness
反义:laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
n. 事件,形势;东西,事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义:item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
vt.& vi. 讲,谈;演说;从某种观点来说;
💡 蛇(s)在山峰(peak)上 说
"You must be able to speak French for this job."
干这项工作你得会说法语。
近义:lecture, natter, talk, yack, chat, converse
n. 愚人,傻瓜;受骗者;有癖好的人;受愚弄的人;
vt. 愚弄,欺骗;浪费,虚度;闹笑话;游手好闲;
vi. 开玩笑;欺骗;戏弄;
adj. 愚蠢的;傻的;
"Don't be such a bloody fool."
别像个大傻瓜似的。
近义:hoax, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, outmaneuver, bamboozle
v. 说话;讨论;讲,说;说闲话;
n. 交谈;讨论;报告;空话;
"We suggested that she stop by that evening to talk things over."
我们建议她在那晚顺便来找我们,把事情商量一下.
近义:jabber, kibitz, natter, orate, patter, perorate
adj. 聪明的,有智慧的;博学的,博识的;明白的;像智者的;
vt. 使知道,使懂得;教导;指点;
vi. 了解,知道;
"a wise and virtuous man"
博学多识的君子
近义:informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered
反义:silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened