Declamation
[deklə'meɪʃ(ə)n] or ['dɛklə'meʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) vehement oratory.
(noun.) recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric.
埃弗雷特編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
(n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
(n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
手打:米米
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Declaiming, haranguing, spouting.[2]. Harangue, set speech.[3]. Exercise in speaking.
錄入:费尔普斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Oratory, elocution, harangue, effusion, debate
ANT:Stammering, titubancy, hesitation, tardiloquence
布雷特整理
例句/造句/用法:
- During her declamation Eustacia held her head erect, and spoke as roughly as she could, feeling pretty secure from observation. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- But when the others had gone, Birkin turned round in bitter declamation, saying: 'It is just the opposite, just the contrary, Hermione. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- This will immediately cut off all loose discourses and declamations, and reduce us to something precise and exact on the present subject. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- There was first one reciter, then two, and then three, and the rest of the company became the chorus to the declamations of these principal actors. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The city was alarmed with these declamations, and though the war was removed into Africa, the danger seemed to approach nearer Rome than ever. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
校對:斯宾塞