oration
英[?'re??(?)n]
美[?'re??n]
- n. 演說；致辭；敘述法
詞態變化
復數:?orations;
中文詞源
oration 演說，演講
來自拉丁語orare,演講，常說，詞源同oral,orator.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He asked for no funeral oration.
- 他不要人在葬禮上宣讀悼詞.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Who gave your commencement address?
- 誰給你們做了畢業演說? oration指 “正式演說”,如:
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration.
- 下面講的話我就不必一一寫下了.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
- 4. This was the groundwork of his oration.
- 這些就是他那番話的基調.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He delivered an oration on the decline of family values.
- 他發表了有關家庭價值觀的衰退的演說.
來自互聯網