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valedictorian

/val-i-dik-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-/US // ˌvæl ɪ dɪkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr- //UK // (ˌvælɪdɪkˈtɔːrɪən) //

告别演说者,告别演说家,告别者,告别演说人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.

Examples

  • The class valedictorian, wearing maroon robes and a pride flag draped around his shoulders, began with the customary “thank you” for the parents, teachers and friends in the audience.

  • Both his children were valedictorians at the local high school.

  • The next and last speaker was the class valedictorian, Officer James Fuchs.

  • He had been valedictorian at his high school and was a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Chan attended Quincy High School in Massachusetts and graduated as valedictorian in 2003.

  • To her great surprise he was the valedictorian of the class, and he carried everything before him.

  • In 1874 she was graduated from the high school of her native place as valedictorian of the class.

  • Nan Barrington, you never can guess who passed with the highest marks and is to be chosen class valedictorian.

  • I have seen a valedictorian of a leading college deep down in a gravel mine, directing his hydraulic pipe against the bank.

  • And I wondered if the mother, who had wanted him to be the class valedictorian, was as proud of him as ever.