英語單詞

recitation是什麽意思

recitation

英 [,resɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,rɛsɪ'teʃən]
  • n. 背誦;朗誦;詳述;背誦的詩

助記提示


1、re- "back, again" + cit- "summon" + -ation.

中文詞源


recitation 朗誦

來自 recite,背誦,朗誦。

英文詞源


recitation (n.)
late 15c., "act of detailing," from Old French récitation (14c.) and directly from Latin recitationem (nominative recitatio) "public reading, a reading aloud," noun of action from past participle stem of recitare (see recite). Meaning "act of repeating aloud" is from 1620s; that of "repetition of a prepared lesson" is first recorded 1770, American English.

雙語例句


1. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
信寫得很短——隻是簡單地說了一下他們的問題。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The transmission began with a recitation from the Koran.
節目一開始是一段《古蘭經》朗誦。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She continued her recitation of the week's events.
她接著逐一講述這一周發生的事。

來自《權威詞典》

4. His recitation was cadenced and rich in feeling.
他的朗誦抑揚頓挫,富有感情.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The boy made many blunders as he stumbled through his recitation.
這個男孩在訥訥的背書中出了很多差錯.

來自辭典例句

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