oration
英 [ɒ'reɪʃ(ə)n]
美[ɔ'reʃən]
- n. 演说；致辞；叙述法
词态变化
复数: orations;
中文词源
oration 演说，演讲
来自拉丁语orare,演讲，常说，词源同oral,orator.
英文词源
- oration (n.)
- late 14c., "prayer," from Late Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; language, faculty of speech, mode of expressing; prayer," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin orare "to pray, plead, speak before an assembly" (see orator). Meaning "formal speech, discourse" first recorded c. 1500.
双语例句
- 1. He asked for no funeral oration.
- 他不要人在葬礼上宣读悼词.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Who gave your commencement address?
- 谁给你们做了毕业演说? oration指 “正式演说”,如:
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration.
- 下面讲的话我就不必一一写下了.
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- 4. This was the groundwork of his oration.
- 这些就是他那番话的基调.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He delivered an oration on the decline of family values.
- 他发表了有关家庭价值观的衰退的演说.
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