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elocution

/el-uh-kyoo-shuhn/US // ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən //UK // (ˌɛləˈkjuːʃən) //

口才,演说,雄辩术,雄辩

Related Words

enunciation发音,发声,表达,表达方式eloquence口才,辩才,雄辩,雄辩术rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令oratory雄辩家,雄辩,雄辩术,雄辩会diction措辞,用语,用词,措词locution语境,语词,语态,定位declamation朗诵,口头禅,朗诵会,朗读delivery交付,交货,交付方式,交割pronunciation发音,读音,拼音,发声speech讲话,发言,言语,演讲utterance话语,言语,言谈举止,话语权reading阅读,阅读文章,读,读取expression表情,表现,表达方式,表达speechmaking讲话,说话,演讲,说话方式dramatic戏剧性的,巨大的,戏剧性,戏剧性地public speaking公开演讲,公共演讲,公众演讲,公众演说

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor's elocution is faultless.
    • : the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounarticulation
Synonyms
declamation朗诵,口头禅,朗诵会,朗读delivery交付,交货,交付方式,交割diction措辞,用语,用词,措词eloquence口才,辩才,雄辩,雄辩术enunciation发音,发声,表达,表达方式expression表情,表现,表达方式,表达locution语境,语词,语态,定位oratory雄辩家,雄辩,雄辩术,雄辩会pronunciation发音,读音,拼音,发声reading阅读,阅读文章,读,读取rhetoric修辞学,言辞,修辞,辞令speech讲话,发言,言语,演讲speechmaking讲话,说话,演讲,说话方式utterance话语,言语,言谈举止,话语权dramatic戏剧性的,巨大的,戏剧性,戏剧性地public speaking公开演讲,公共演讲,公众演讲,公众演说speechcraft言语艺术,语音技术,讲话技巧,言语技巧voice culture语音文化,声音文化,嗓音文化,话语权文化voice production语音制作,语音生产,声音制作,语音生成

Examples

  • He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.

  • And Robert De Niro's Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull wasn't exactly the king of elocution.

  • And hand-painting it allus seemed to me, is really elocution in oils; for a be-yutiful picture is a silent talker.

  • Long lectures may be given upon elocution, but the advice can be condensed into two directions.

  • The Speaker's speech was far from any oratory, but was as plain (though good matter) as any thing could be, and void of elocution.

  • His rhetoric was set forth with an ear-piercing elocution, and a voice that sometimes crashed like cannon.

  • The most remarkable for manners, appearance, and elocution are sent out to dress heads; and they come back tired to death.

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