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paralepsis

/ˌpær.əˈlep.sɪs/

翻译: 一种修辞手法,说话者或写作者声称要省略或跳过某个话题,却实际上通过提及或暗示来引起对该话题的注意。

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noun

/ˌpær.əˈlep.sɪs/C2formalart
  • zh一种修辞手法,说话者或写作者声称要省略或跳过某个话题,却实际上通过提及或暗示来引起对该话题的注意。

A rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer draws attention to a subject by claiming to omit it or by passing over it in a deliberately brief manner.

  1. Rhetorical deviceC2formal

    A figure of speech in which the speaker or writer emphasizes something by pretending to pass over it or ignore it.

    zh修辞手法

    • In his speech, he used paralepsis by saying, 'I won't even mention his many awards.'
    • The author employed paralepsis to draw attention to the very thing he claimed to omit.
    • She said, 'I need not remind you of your past mistakes,' a classic example of paralepsis.

    同义词apophasisparalipsispreterition

词形
  • paralepses plural form
  • paralepses' possessive plural form
  • paralepsis's possessive singular form