Energy independence" and its rhetorical (修辭的) companion "energy security" are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely though through.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
ADJ
(問題)修辭性的，反問的，反詰的
A rhetorical question is one which is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an answer.
例句
He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question...他微微皺了下眉頭，顯然并不期待任何人回答他的反問。He made no answer to the Commandante's question, which had been rhetorical in any case.他沒有回答司令官的問題，反正司令官只是反問一下。
ADJ-GRADED
(語言)夸張的，詞藻華麗的，修辭的
Rhetorical language is intended to be grand and impressive.
例句
These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.這些論據或許是用來作為一種修辭手段來論證聯合國將發揮長久的作用。