elocution

英 [ˌeləˈkjuːʃn]

美 [ˌeləˈkjuːʃn]

n.  演讲技巧; 演说术

GRE

BNC.35120 / COCA.34856

牛津词典

noun

• 演讲技巧；演说术
  the ability to speak clearly and correctly, especially in public and pronouncing the words in a way that is considered to be socially acceptable

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 演说术;演讲技巧
  Elocutionlessons are lessons in which someone is taught to speak clearly and in an accent that is considered to be standard and acceptable.
  1. When I was 11 my mother sent me to elocution lessons.
     在我11岁的时候，妈妈让我去上演说技巧课。

英英释义

noun

• an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

双语例句

• She took elocution lessons before becoming a newsreader.
  在成为新闻播音员之前，她学习了演讲课程。
• London pronunciation became the prerogative of a new breed of specialists orthoepists and teachers of elocution.
  艾尔吉奥写道：伦敦发音成为专家们（正音学研究者和朗诵教师）对一种新口音的特权。
• When I was 11 my mother sent me to elocution lessons.
  在我11岁的时候，妈妈让我去上演说技巧课。
• He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel.
  他去接受演讲技巧训练，以使他说话的声调听上去更优雅些。
• He taught elocution at a junior college.
  他在一所两年制的专科学校讲授演说技巧。
• The traditional opera is a comprehensive art that includes singing, gesticulating, elocution and acrobatics.
  戏曲是一门综合艺术，它包括唱、念、做、打。
• Aristotle contacted the teaching of the elocution practice very closely at the time of investigating the language feeling of argument.
  亚里士多德是紧密结合辩论术的教学实践探讨论证语感。
• He laid on some elocution lessons, to try to knock the edge off her country accent.
  他为她安排了几次演讲课，帮助她克服乡下口音。
• And "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher had elocution lessons to make her voice less shrill.
  就连有“铁娘子”之称的撒切尔夫人也曾接受过朗诵课程，使自己的声音不那么尖锐。