| 单词 | orate |
| 释义 | orate (once / 265 pages) v To orate is to give an important-sounding speech. If you're giving a wedding toast, feel free to orate. However, if you're giving a friend advice, it's best to avoid orating. There are more and less appropriate situations in which to orate: a famous philosophy professor might be forgiven if she tends to orate when she's speaking about her favorite subject, Spinoza. But if you make an announcement at the dinner table, beginning with Julius Caesar's words, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!" your family will probably just laugh at you. The Latin root orare means "speak, pray, or plead." WORD FAMILYorate: orated, orates, orating, oration, orator, oratory+/oration: orations/orator: orators/oratorical: oratorically/oratory: oratorical, oratories USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Orate is fully automated, event organizers will be able to use our platform to request speakers based on the parameters they set. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) West reportedly orated for 25 minutes and included a comment "specifically to black people": Los Angeles Times(Nov 18, 2016) His wisdom and natural orating skills led him to become a respected preacher among the surrounding slave community. National Geographic(Oct 05, 2016) 1v make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality Syn|Hyper speechify deliver, present deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) 2v talk pompously Hypo|Hyper bloviate orate verbosely and windily speak, talk exchange thoughts; talk with |
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