一般人用老舊字典查這個字，得到的答案幾乎都只是「修辭」這單一說法，不知在現代新聞英文中，rhetoric包含許許多多字典沒有表列的意思：
1.說（法）
The official rhetoric is that the Iraqi people are choosing their own course to democracy.
官方的說法是伊拉克人民正在選擇自己通往民主之路。
Forgive us if we smile at Washington’s present rhetoric of liberating peoples.
如果我們對美國目前的解放人民之說一笑置之，請原諒我們。
2. 論調
His nationalist rhetoric is like taking a match and throwing it in gasoline.
他的民族主義論調有如點燃一根火柴丟向汽油。
3.言論
Rhetoric would have to be matched by action. 言論必須有行動配合。
anti-American rhetoric. 反美言論。
4.口水
Military legal experts dismiss the two accusations as rhetoric.
4.口水
Military legal experts dismiss the two accusations as rhetoric.
軍事法律專家把這兩項指控斥為口水。
5.理論
The chasm between rhetoric and reality is striking.
5.理論
The chasm between rhetoric and reality is striking.
理論與實際的差距十分明顯。
6.話
If those promises had come from the Green Party, they would have been dismissed as empty rhetoric. 如果這些承諾來自綠黨，它們會被斥為空話。
7.論述
At home, she toned down the free-market rhetoric that made voters uneasy in last year’s poll.
6.話
If those promises had come from the Green Party, they would have been dismissed as empty rhetoric. 如果這些承諾來自綠黨，它們會被斥為空話。
7.論述
At home, she toned down the free-market rhetoric that made voters uneasy in last year’s poll.
在國內，她不再強論在去年的選舉中讓選民感到不安的自由市場論述。
8.口號
Rhetoric isn’t enough, Highfalutin language is not enough. 喊口號是不夠的，唱高調也是。Its soldiers have the jihadist rhetoric of fighting to the death. 它的士兵打著戰到死的聖戰口號。He insists that what counts is not rhetoric but action. 他強調重要的不是口號，而是行動。How much of their threatening is rhetoric and how much is reality? 他們的威脅有多少是口號？有多少是真實？
9.語言
campaign rhetoric. 選舉語言。
10.聲明
Their rhetoric is powerless to rein in rising oil prices.
8.口號
Rhetoric isn’t enough, Highfalutin language is not enough. 喊口號是不夠的，唱高調也是。Its soldiers have the jihadist rhetoric of fighting to the death. 它的士兵打著戰到死的聖戰口號。He insists that what counts is not rhetoric but action. 他強調重要的不是口號，而是行動。How much of their threatening is rhetoric and how much is reality? 他們的威脅有多少是口號？有多少是真實？
9.語言
campaign rhetoric. 選舉語言。
10.聲明
Their rhetoric is powerless to rein in rising oil prices.
他們的聲明也無法遏止不斷攀升的油價。
11.評論
Despite the media rhetoric, the U.S. is not a divided nation.
11.評論
Despite the media rhetoric, the U.S. is not a divided nation.
儘管媒體如此評論，美國並非分裂國家。
12.字眼
virulent anti-Israel rhetoric.
反以色列的惡毒字眼。
13.辯才
That will require the rhetoric of Obama, the grit of Clinton, and the courage of McCain.
那需要歐巴馬的辯才，希拉蕊的毅力和麥肯的勇氣。
14.言語
Republicans Have a Humming Economy to Tout, but Trump Rhetoric Muddies the Message.
共和黨有一個走強的經濟可以宣揚，但川普的言語掩蓋了這項訊息。
15.言辭
Trump supporters’ violent rhetoric in his defense disturbs experts.
川普支持者在保衛他時所用的激烈言辭令專家不安。
