oration

• n. 演說；致辭；敘述法

來自拉丁語orare,演講，常說，詞源同oral,orator.

oration (n.)

late 14c., "prayer," from Late Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; language, faculty of speech, mode of expressing; prayer," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin orare "to pray, plead, speak before an assembly" (see orator). Meaning "formal speech, discourse" first recorded c. 1500.

1. He asked for no funeral oration.

他不要人在葬禮上宣讀悼詞.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Who gave your commencement address?

誰給你們做了畢業演說? oration指 “正式演說”,如:

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration.

下麵講的話我就不必一一寫下了.

來自英漢文學 - 湯姆曆險

4. This was the groundwork of his oration.

這些就是他那番話的基調.

來自辭典例句

5. He delivered an oration on the decline of family values.

他發表了有關家庭價值觀的衰退的演說.

來自互聯網