A victorious defeat

8. Dudley Filed Malone called my conviction a “victorious defeat”.

In the sentence "When the news of failure came, all his friends said that it was a victorious defeat", oxymoron is used.

This is a large and ( ) modern hotel offering high standards of accommodation and service. A: virtuous B: spacious C: adventurous D: victorious

Dudley Field Malone called my conviction a “victorious defeat.” ( ) A: simile B: transferred epithet C: oxymoron D: personification

The cultural exchange between China and other countries is more ________ than before. A: vigorous B: visual C: victorious D: virtuous

The budget proposal has been described as " _________" and "inappropriate" by people objecting to it. A: hazardous B: harmonious C: bizarre D: victorious

When the news of the failure came, all his friends said that it was a victorious defeat. A: Alliteration B: Transferred epithet C: Oxymoron D: Metonymy

When the news of the failure came, all his friends said that it was a victorious defeat. A: metonymy借代 B: oxymoron矛盾修饰 C: transferred epithet移就

Dudley Field Malone called my conviction a “victorious defeat”.What rhetorical device is applied in the above sentence? A: irony B: oxymoron C: sarcasm D: hyperbole