figures of speech

基本解释

I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我从说转为了相信,仅仅因为我不相信自己正在使用修辞。
That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.
也就是说我们认为我们在讲述真理的时候,我们实际上却在使用一些陈腐的修辞手法。
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.
现在，他知道我全神贯注的寻找并输入一些修辞格，我确定，终于找到的最后一个反问句，将得到奖赏——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.
也就是说我们认为我们在讲述真理的时候,我们实际上却在使用一些陈腐的修辞手法。
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I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.
我从说转为了相信,仅仅因为我不相信自己正在使用修辞。
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That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].
他说的就是这些，不只是语言,虽然人可以说很多这样的话,经常在他的诗歌中这样。
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For better or worse, these figures of speech are profoundly embedded in how we think.
NEWYORKER: Utopian for Beginners

修辞
Theadoption of figures of speech is an important part composing the form of literary texts.
而修辞手法的应用也是小说形式的重要组成部分。
辞格
No matter what shows, the ultimate aim is wholly in order to acquire good communication effect, the figures of speech applications also are in this way.
无论怎样的表达，其终极目的都是为了取得好的交际效果，辞格的运用也是如此。
修辞格