英语单词

elocution是什么意思

elocution

英 [,elə'kjuːʃ(ə)n] 美 [,ɛlə'kjuʃən]
  • n. 朗诵法;演说法;雄辩术

中文词源


elocution 演说术

e-, 向外。-loc, 说,词源同locution, colloquy.

英文词源


elocution (n.)
mid-15c., from Late Latin elocutionem (nominative elocutio) "voice production, a speaking out, utterance, manner of expression," in classical Latin especially "rhetorical utterance, oratorical expression," noun of action from past participle stem of eloqui "speak out" (see eloquence). Related: Elocutionary; elocutionist.

双语例句


1. When I was 11 my mother sent me to elocution lessons.
在我11岁的时候,妈妈让我去上演说技巧课。

来自辞典例句

2. He laid on some elocution lessons, to try to knock the edge off her country accent.
他为她安排了几次演讲课, 帮助她克服乡下口音.

来自辞典例句

3. With every advantage of lungs and elocution, the effect is vapid.
然而,扯着嗓子 、 扬顿挫地朗诵,其结果却是令听者兴味索然.

来自互联网

4. With every advantage of lungs and elocution, the effect is singularly vapid.
然而,扯着嗓子、抑扬顿挫地朗诵, 其结果却是令听者兴味索然.

来自互联网

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