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单词 rendition
释义

rendition

/rɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n /
noun
1A performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music: a wonderful rendition of ‘Nessun Dorma’...
  • The pianist's dazzling rendition of the Vivace finale was a pianistic tour de force.
  • Starting at 7 pm, the night will feature music, poetry and performance, plus a rendition of the new song ‘Six Pack To Go!’
  • Three contestants have 30 seconds to perform their rendition of what they think will be the music of tomorrow.

Synonyms

performance, rendering, interpretation, presentation, execution, delivery;
playing, singing, reading, recitation, recital
version, variation, take on
1.1A visual representation or reproduction: a pen-and-ink rendition of Mars with his sword drawn...
  • The visual rendition of the scene in the medieval period is usually known as Christ in the House of Simon.
  • Last year, the City of Raleigh Arts Commission held the Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble, a public exhibition of 100 artists' renditions of red wolf sculptures.
  • The work often doesn't recreate an exact rendition of a particular location on canvas, but rather an artist's loose memory or feeling about nature, expressing its essence or spirit.

Synonyms

depiction, portrayal, representation, delineation, artist's impression
1.2A translation or transliteration: ‘Iroquois’ is a French rendition of an Algonquian word for ‘rattlesnake’

Synonyms

translation, transliteration, transcription;
interpretation, version, reading, construction
2 (also extraordinary rendition) [mass noun] (Especially in the US) the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners.He says the practice of rendition started during the Clinton administration....
  • We have wanted, on the Intelligence Committee, the minority party, to do a full investigation of detention, interrogation and rendition.
  • It reminds me of a high-minded statesman in our own time who manages to practice torture, which he deplores, by proxy, using ‘extraordinary rendition.’

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete French, from rendre 'give back, render'.

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