| 单词 | oration |
| 释义 | oration (once / 1290 pages) n An oration is a formal speech given in public. You might give the oration at the big party celebrating your grandparents’ 50th anniversary. If you’re giving an oration, make sure you show up prepared. An oration is a speech that’s planned in advance rather than made up on the spot. It usually has a formal tone and is presented at a ceremony of some kind. You probably remember nervously sitting through an oration at your graduation ceremony, or you may have listened to a funeral oration celebrating the life of a famous person. WORD FAMILYoration: orations+/orate: orated, orates, orating, oration, orator, oratory/orator: orators/oratorical: oratorically/oratory: oratorical, oratories USAGE EXAMPLESIt may have been several years since Castro’s thunderous, marathon orations, but Cuba will still feel strangely quiet without him. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) Tellingly, none of the orations in “Presidential Suite” can be traced to the campaign trail. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) Given West’s penchant for onstage oration, such a schedule can wreak havoc on vocal cords. Los Angeles Times(Nov 04, 2016) n an instance of oratory he delivered an oration on the decline of family values Hypo|Hyper peroration a flowery and highly rhetorical oration oratory addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) |
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