He grimaced slightly, obviously expecting no answer to his rhetorical question.

他微微皱了下眉头，显然并不指望任何人回答他的反问。

He made no answer to the Commandante's question, which had been rhetorical in any case.

他没有回答司令官的问题，反正那只是反问一下而已。

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

这些论据可能已被用来作为一种修辞手段来论证联合国将发挥长久的作用。

Some of Larkin's poetry denies itself the traditional rhetorical flourishes of poetry.

拉金的一些诗歌没有运用传统诗歌辞藻华丽的修辞。