recitation
英 [,res?'te??(?)n]美[,r?s?'te??n]
- n. 背誦；朗誦；詳述；背誦的詩
TEM4暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?recitations;
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——只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(jié)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(fā)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
