Definition of aposiopesis in English:

aposiopesis

nounPlural aposiopeses ˌapə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪəˈpiːsɪsˌapəˌsīəˈpēsis

mass nounRhetoric

The device of suddenly breaking off in speech.
〔修辞〕顿绝，话语中断
in coping with the unsaid and unsayable, oral history is impelled towards aposiopesis
Example sentencesExamples
- In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression.
- This wouldn't be much of a play, so Donaghy tells it in stammers and dithers, fragmented verbiage and non sequiturs, inchoate bits and overlapping dialogue, aposiopesis and time lags (a question is answered three or four lines later).
- She uses the dash in the traditional manner, marking pauses, aposiopesis, and rhetorical transitions, but she also uses it in a non-traditional manner.
- I simply do not know what it…’ (All the aposiopeses, incidentally, are Gogol's.)
- The first sentence is a continuation of the aposiopesis in the previous paragraph - the answer to the unspoken question, ‘What did you think about?’

Derivatives

aposiopetic

adjective ˌapə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪəˈpɛtɪk

Rhetoric

But this moment of the closet's imminent rupture is quickly foreclosed by the telegraphist's aposiopetic gesture("Your danger, your danger--]"), the full particularization of which Everard pre-empts by claiming, "That's where it is]"
Example sentencesExamples
- Any suggestions about the ravages of "trashing it up," as the Ken-doll-like character Robert calls it, are silenced as Greg vanishes with an aposiopetic form of advice conveyed from Nick's dead mother: "`If you go on a trip, make sure to take-"'
- It's a lot easier for a woman to speak when she's not in a partnership; that may be increasingly true for men too, as Gabe's aposiopetic episode above indicates.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan 'be silent'.

Definition of aposiopesis in US English:

aposiopesis

nounˌapəˌsīəˈpēsis

Rhetoric

The device of suddenly breaking off in speech.
〔修辞〕顿绝，话语中断
in coping with the unsaid and unsayable, oral history is impelled towards aposiopesis
Example sentencesExamples
- In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression.
- The first sentence is a continuation of the aposiopesis in the previous paragraph - the answer to the unspoken question, ‘What did you think about?’
- This wouldn't be much of a play, so Donaghy tells it in stammers and dithers, fragmented verbiage and non sequiturs, inchoate bits and overlapping dialogue, aposiopesis and time lags (a question is answered three or four lines later).
- I simply do not know what it…’ (All the aposiopeses, incidentally, are Gogol's.)
- She uses the dash in the traditional manner, marking pauses, aposiopesis, and rhetorical transitions, but she also uses it in a non-traditional manner.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan ‘be silent’.

词汇	aposiopesis
释义	Definition of aposiopesis in English: aposiopesis nounPlural aposiopeses ˌapə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪəˈpiːsɪsˌapəˌsīəˈpēsis mass nounRhetoric The device of suddenly breaking off in speech. 〔修辞〕顿绝，话语中断 in coping with the unsaid and unsayable, oral history is impelled towards aposiopesis Example sentencesExamples In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression. This wouldn't be much of a play, so Donaghy tells it in stammers and dithers, fragmented verbiage and non sequiturs, inchoate bits and overlapping dialogue, aposiopesis and time lags (a question is answered three or four lines later). She uses the dash in the traditional manner, marking pauses, aposiopesis, and rhetorical transitions, but she also uses it in a non-traditional manner. I simply do not know what it…’ (All the aposiopeses, incidentally, are Gogol's.) The first sentence is a continuation of the aposiopesis in the previous paragraph - the answer to the unspoken question, ‘What did you think about?’ Derivatives aposiopetic adjective ˌapə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪəˈpɛtɪk Rhetoric But this moment of the closet's imminent rupture is quickly foreclosed by the telegraphist's aposiopetic gesture("Your danger, your danger--]"), the full particularization of which Everard pre-empts by claiming, "That's where it is]" Example sentencesExamples Any suggestions about the ravages of "trashing it up," as the Ken-doll-like character Robert calls it, are silenced as Greg vanishes with an aposiopetic form of advice conveyed from Nick's dead mother: "`If you go on a trip, make sure to take-"' It's a lot easier for a woman to speak when she's not in a partnership; that may be increasingly true for men too, as Gabe's aposiopetic episode above indicates. Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan 'be silent'. Definition of aposiopesis in US English: aposiopesis nounˌapəˌsīəˈpēsis Rhetoric The device of suddenly breaking off in speech. 〔修辞〕顿绝，话语中断 in coping with the unsaid and unsayable, oral history is impelled towards aposiopesis Example sentencesExamples In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression. The first sentence is a continuation of the aposiopesis in the previous paragraph - the answer to the unspoken question, ‘What did you think about?’ This wouldn't be much of a play, so Donaghy tells it in stammers and dithers, fragmented verbiage and non sequiturs, inchoate bits and overlapping dialogue, aposiopesis and time lags (a question is answered three or four lines later). I simply do not know what it…’ (All the aposiopeses, incidentally, are Gogol's.) She uses the dash in the traditional manner, marking pauses, aposiopesis, and rhetorical transitions, but she also uses it in a non-traditional manner. Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek aposiōpēsis, from aposiōpan ‘be silent’.
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