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pronounce

/pruh-nouns/US // prəˈnaʊns //UK // (prəˈnaʊns) //

宣称,宣读,宣告,宣称是

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.

    • : to enunciate or articulate.
    • : to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking: He pronounces his words indistinctly.
    • : to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner: I can't pronounce this word.
    • : to declare to be as specified: She pronounced it the best salmon she had ever tasted.
    • : to utter or deliver formally or solemnly: to pronounce sentence.
    • : to announce authoritatively or officially: The judge pronounced the defendant guilty.
    • : to indicate the pronunciation of by providing a phonetic transcription: This dictionary pronounces most of the words entered.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.

    • : to pronounce words, phrases, etc.
    • : to make a statement or assertion, especially an authoritative statement: He was required to pronounce on the findings of his research.
    • : to give an opinion or decision: to pronounce on an important matter.
    • : to indicate the pronunciation of words: a spelling book that pronounces.

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Examples

  • I think you’ll find that if you say the translations out loud, you’ll find that they’re pretty close to how the names are pronounced.

  • Police said Wright was shot multiple times in the head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

  • Israel Johnson, 20, of Fort Washington was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

  • The effect is particularly pronounced in kids, who are less likely to differentiate between bonds forged in the real world and those developed over the internet—since they’ve always had both.

  • Don’t worry—it’s way easier to find this muscle than to pronounce its name.

  • At the time Kristina still could not quite pronounce the "R" sound in Russian, but she made her meaning clear.

  • Never mind the word "bazaar," which you pronounce as "bizarre" and Hassan pronounces as "buzzer."

  • Then, Jessica Biel was very big around 2005-2010, and she had that scene in a bra in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

  • “After what seemed an eternity, but probably was 15 seconds, the doctor said, ‘I pronounce this man dead,’” Gozik recalled.

  • The upper elite still try to pronounce judgments and lead, but fewer and fewer of those down below pay attention.

  • That persons competent to judge of their merit would in after years pronounce them of priceless value.

  • The danger which seemed so terrible to many honest friends of liberty he did not venture to pronounce altogether visionary.

  • The best way of scansion is perhaps to read despyt-e with final e, preserved by csura, and to pronounce Diane as Din'.

  • I think a prudent reader should pronounce as the judges do—Pater est is quern nuptiæ demonstrant.

  • The last act brings us to the great hall of the papal palace at Avignon, where the Pope is to pronounce judgment upon the Queen.