单词 | elocution |
释义 | elocution (eləkjuːʃən ) uncountable noun Elocution lessons are lessons in which someone is taught to speak clearly and in an accent that is considered to be standard and acceptable. When I was 11 my mother sent me to elocution lessons. Synonyms: diction, speech, delivery, rhetoric Collocations: elocution lesson So, she's categorically not had a single elocution lesson, as was reported? The Sun There was one going round that you were having elocution lessons. Times, Sunday Times In short: elocution lessons, bad; human contact, good. Times, Sunday Times Yet she was equally attracted by acting and for her 16th birthday chose elocution lessons to eradicate her cockney accent over a bicycle. Times,Sunday Times He insisted that he was a natural, not a trained actor and rejected elocution lessons. Times, Sunday Times |
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