Socrates was withering when it came to a polished rhetorical performance .

如果他看到这样一个光鲜的、辞藻华丽的表演，苏格拉底一定非常失望。

Mr obama is guilty not of rhetorical excess but of economic muddle .

奥巴马不应该因过于华丽的辞藻而感到内疚，而应该为经济困境而忏悔。

You might dismiss that as rhetorical exuberance , but it becomes ever more apparent that his ambition is real .

你或许会不以为然，认为这不过是华丽的说辞，但情况越来越明显，他的野心是真实的。

Mr cash quotes bright 's dictum that " my life is in my speeches " many of which are rhetorical masterpieces ; but the reader wants more of the man more of the life outside the speeches .

凯什先生援引布莱特的名言“吾之生命存乎吾之演讲中”，他的很多演讲都是辞藻华丽的杰作；但是读者们更需要了解一个实实在在的人，更需要知悉他演讲之外的生活。

This was , first , because it was a heartfelt compliment , and , second , because michelle could , thankfully , never be so easily dismissed , and , third , because , of all the rhetorical questions he could have asked , none was more apt at that moment .

这首先，是因为这是发自内心的由衷赞美，第二，因为米歇尔能够，谢天谢地，不会轻易地掉出众人的目光，第三，因为，在他能问出的所有夸张华丽的问题中，没有一个能比这更合适的了。