Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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rhetorical
/rɪtˈɔrɪkəl/C2
修辞的 / 反问的 (adj.)
形容问题不是要得到答案、而是修辞性的。在句中「`rhetorical question`」就是指反问句,不需要真正回答。
You think I wanna be sitting here with you instead of running my precinct?
-Yes. -It was a rhetorical question.
I've spent the last 12 years fighting for my first command
