oration

[US]/ɒ'reɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ɔ'reʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 演說;致辭;敘述法
Word Forms
複數orations

Example Sentences

deliver a stirring oration

發表激動人心的演講

Real-world Examples

Although some tanager species do emphasize oration over attire, like the aptly named drab hemispingus.

一些唐納雀品種,就像它恰當的名字褐擬雀一樣歌喉勝過外表。

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation August 2014

Only one boy was capable of laughing while Derossi was declaiming the funeral oration of the king, and Franti laughed.

代洛西讀着維多利亞·愛馬努愛列王的弔詞的時候,笑的只有一人,就是勿蘭諦。

Source: "Education of Love" January

The supper things cleared away, Gerald resumed his oration, but with little satisfaction to himself and none at all to his audience.

晚餐桌上的東西已收拾完畢,傑拉爾德又開始他的講演,但好像連自己也並不怎麼滿意,就更不用說聽的人。

Source: Gone with the Wind

An actor acted as an orangutan and began its oration.

一名演員扮演一頭猩猩並開始了它的致辭。

Source: Pan Pan

He gave a Speech Day oration in Greek, I recollect, and was outstandingly first-rate in school theatricals.

我記得他用希臘語發表了演講日演講, 並且在學校戲劇表演中表現出色。

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, voiced their sentiments in a memorable oration.

內布拉斯加州的威廉·詹寧斯·布賴恩 (William Jennings Bryan) 在一次令人難忘的演說中表達了他們的觀點。

Source: American history

Aristotle focused on oration, though, and he described three types of persuasive speech.

不過, 亞里士多德專注於演說,他描述了三種類型的說服性演講。

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration.

沒有必要寫下演講的其餘部分。

Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The history of his oration and learning to be a good communicator is an example of just pure tenacity.

他的演說歷史和學習如何成爲一名優秀的溝通者, 就是純粹的堅韌不拔的典範。

Source: Quick thinking, smart communication.

Opposition research is as old as politics itself—Cicero's orations against Catiline, a dodgy candidate for the Roman consulship in 63BC, were notably well-informed.

其最早可追溯到時西塞羅與喀提林一場人盡皆知的辯論,喀提林是公元前63年羅馬執政官的競選者,巧舌如簧。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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