| 单词 | diction |
| 释义 | diction[ dik-shuhn ] / ˈdɪk ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR diction ON THESAURUS.COM nounstyle of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction. the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation. Origin of diction1400–50; late Middle English diccion<Late Latin dictiōn- (stem of dictiō) word, Latin: rhetorical delivery, equivalent to dict(us) said, spoken (past participle of dīcere) + -iōn--ion SYNONYMS FOR diction1 usage, language. SEE SYNONYMS FOR diction ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for diction1. Diction, phraseology, wording refer to the means and the manner of expressing ideas. Diction usually implies a high level of usage; it refers chiefly to the choice of words, their arrangement, and the force, accuracy, and distinction with which they are used: The speaker was distinguished for his excellent diction; poetic diction. Phraseology refers more to the manner of combining the words into related groups, and especially to the peculiar or distinctive manner in which certain technical, scientific, and professional ideas are expressed: legal phraseology. Wording refers to the exact words or phraseology used to convey thought: the wording of a will. OTHER WORDS FROM dictiondic·tion·al, adjectivedic·tion·al·ly, adverbDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for diction
British Dictionary definitions for dictiondiction / (ˈdɪkʃən) / nounthe choice and use of words in writing or speech the manner of uttering or enunciating words and sounds; elocution Word Origin for dictionC15: from Latin dictiō a saying, mode of expression, from dīcere to speak, say Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for dictiondiction The choice of words. Diction is effective when words are appropriate to an audience. A man might refer to his car as his “wheels” in casual conversation with a friend, but if he were writing an essay for a group of economists, he would write, “People base their decision to buy an automobile on the following considerations,” not “People base their decision to buy wheels on the following considerations.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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