'Don't you care what I do?' he asked, but it was a rhetorical question.

“我做什么，难道你不关心吗？”他问道，可那是个反问。

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These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.

这些争论可能已被用作支持联合国角色永存的一种修辞手段。

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That's not a rhetorical question.

这并不是一个讽刺的问题。

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Mr.Mugabe and Mr.Tsvangirai meet regularly, but little emerges afterwards beyond a rhetorical commitment to the agreement.

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Archie, of course, can't stand this because for him it's perfectly clear that a rhetorical question is a rhetorical question.

阿齐当然无法忍受，因为对他来说,很明显修辞问句就是修辞问句。

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Also, it can be a rhetorical question or a question that does not want to be answered.

当然，这也可以用在问一种修辞的问题，或一种不需要回答的问题。

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This is all typical Washington-speak to create a rhetorical diversion from the real issue at stake.

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In the same interview, Giuliani asked a rhetorical question about how President Obama might handle Romney.

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To me, the question he posed to the people was a rhetorical question.

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