Eloquence

(noun.) powerful and effective language; 'his eloquence attracted a large congregation'; 'fluency in spoken and written English is essential'; 'his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police'.

整理:奥利维亚

• If Dr. Franklin did not aspire after the splendour of eloquence, it was only because the demonstrative plainness of his manner was superior to it. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Girls are quick to read such signs and feel their eloquence. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Here Mr. Muzzle, who had a great notion of his eloquence, in which he imitated his master, paused for a reply. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• When Dora hung her head and cried, and trembled, my eloquence increased so much the more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But eloquence is not always necessary. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• And after this preface, he tried with all his eloquence to effect a reconciliation between Rawdon and his wife. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This was the substance of Mr. Sidney's defence: but neither law, nor reason, nor eloquence, nor innocence ever availed where _Jefferies_ sat as judge. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• With those words, I handed it to her open, at a marked passage--one continuous burst of burning eloquence! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Age and heat have not diminished the activity or the eloquence of the descendant of the Malonys and the Molloys. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He has a great deal of eloquence at his command, undoubtedly, but I am not quite favourable to his style myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I was full of eloquence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• McClernand spoke first; and Logan followed in a speech which he has hardly equalled since for force and eloquence. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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