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Speech Oration Late Latin ə'Reiʃən N.正式演说,演讲 英 N

单词 oration
音标 [ə'reiʃən]
解释 n.正式演说,演讲
红宝书 【英】 n. 正式演说,演讲(a formal public speech)
【记】 orate(演说)+ion→演 说
字源 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.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】orate 演说 + tion;O 象个嘴 + rate 评价,认为,用嘴来评价→演说

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