Valedictory
[,vælɪ'dɪkt(ə)rɪ] or [,vælɪ'dɪktəri]
解释:
(adj.) of a speech expressing leave-taking; 'a valedictory address' .
(adj.) of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; 'a valedictory address'; 'valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course'; 'a suitable valedictory gesture' .
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解释:
(a.) Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
(n.) A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
格特鲁德编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. Farewell.
n. [U. S.] Farewell address.
录入:昆西
例句:
- Without evincing any inclination to come in again, he there delivered his valedictory remarks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Mr. Bounderby resumed, as a valedictory address. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I had written news letters to the Herald sometimes, but yet when I visited the office that day I did not say any thing about writing a valedictory. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- While delivering these valedictory observations, Wegg continually disappointed Mr Boffin of his hand by flourishing it in the air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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