• n. 演說(shuō)；致辭；敘述法

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)orare,演講，常說(shuō)，詞源同oral,orator.

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.

1. He asked for no funeral oration.

他不要人在葬禮上宣讀悼詞.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. Who gave your commencement address?

誰(shuí)給你們做了畢業(yè)演說(shuō)? oration指 “正式演說(shuō)”,如:

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險(xiǎn)

4. This was the groundwork of his oration.

這些就是他那番話的基調(diào).

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. He delivered an oration on the decline of family values.

他發(fā)表了有關(guān)家庭價(jià)值觀的衰退的演說(shuō).

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)