释义 |
ineloquence|ɪnˈɛləkwəns| [in-3.] Want of eloquence; the quality of being ineloquent; (in Carlyle) the reverse of eloquence or speaking out; silence.
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. ii. xi, The Lord Abbot's eloquence is less admirable than his ineloquence, his great invaluable ‘talent of silence’. 1894Sir H. Irving in Daily News 3 Dec. 6/7 We..feel keenly the ineloquence of finite words to express our emotions. |