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declamation

/dek-luh-mey-shuhn/US // ˌdɛk ləˈmeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən) //

朗诵,口头禅,朗诵会,朗读

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or art of declaiming.
    • : exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.
    • : speech or writing for oratorical effect.
    • : Music. the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.

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Examples

  • The lyrical declamation has inspired luminaries ranging from Kurt Vonnegut to Robert Frost.

  • As Kenney launched into the work, a humorous declamation from Thurber, one of them interrupted with a criticism.

  • What Verrilli did not do is “rise” to the level of angry declamation coming at him from the other side of the bench.

  • The vociferous tones pierce my ears, and my heart bleeds at his meaningless declamation.

  • Amplification, declamation, and exaggeration were at all times the faults of the Greeks, excepting Demosthenes and Aristotle.

  • Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.

  • Mr. Bowman looked at me sharply for a moment, and then passed in a flash from solemn sympathy to impassioned declamation.

  • But this is a piece of simple and vigorous declamation; very fine, no doubt but rather rhetoric than poetry.