Diction

(n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.

录入:朱莉

• Well could he narrate: in such a diction as children love, and learned men emulate; a diction simple in its strength, and strong in its simplicity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The original was all her ownher own happy thoughts and gentle diction. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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