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viva voce

/vahy-vuh -voh-see, vee-vuh/US // ˈvaɪ və ˈvoʊ si, ˈvi və //UK // (ˈvaɪvə ˈvəʊtʃɪ) //

口头陈述,口头发言,口头禅,口头辩论

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : by word of mouth; orally.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also viva. the oral part of an examination.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Pig [growling sotto voce behind his hand, mock-furtive as a Disneyland Foxy Loxy]: Take 35 percent off the top and split!

  • A local Dad joked sotto voce to his wife “And afterwards there will be a reception who will be in the auditorium!”

  • The inmates of FX consider Viva to be effete, soft and unserious.

  • Viva, for their part, consider FXers to be poor and fanatical.

  • Conditions at the neighboring camp—back to Colditz again—are the subject of lively dinner-table speculation at both FX and Viva.

  • You would notice sotto voce that when ways and means were being discussed, times were always hard.

  • He believed in the value of viva voce discussion, and discouraged all unnecessary inter-departmental correspondence.

  • They wait patiently until his task is done, all the time purring gently and rhythmically in a sort of sotto voce accompaniment.

  • Here, too, elections were held viva voce under the beeches, at the foot of the wooded spur now known as Imboden Hill.

  • When all had refreshed themselves with a glass of that strengthening cordial, a unanimous and solemn cry of "Viva l'Italia!"