| 单词 | valedictory |
| 释义 | valedictory (once / 12588 pages) nadj A valedictory is a speech expressing farewell, as at a school graduation. The adjective valedictory relates to saying good-bye, but almost always refers to a speech or address. Many people think of a valedictory address as the graduation speech given by the kid who got the highest grades in school — and often it is — but valedictory words don't have to have anything to do with schools or grades or throwing your cap in the air. They're all about taking one's leave or saying farewell, whether it's the president leaving office or a worker reaching retirement or a friend at a going-away party. WORD FAMILYvaledictory: valedictories, valedictorily USAGE EXAMPLESObama also plans a major valedictory speech in Chicago, his hometown, shortly before his presidency ends. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Yet on his valedictory tour abroad just nine weeks later, he lectures anyone who will listen on the sins of parochialism. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) On the fleet heels of her stirring all-female versions of “Julius Caesar” and “Henry IV” comes this interpretation of Shakespeare’s valedictory romance. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1n a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) Syn|Hyper valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration oratory addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) 2adj of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell a valedictory address valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course a suitable valedictory gesture 3adj of a speech expressing leave-taking a valedictory address Syn exaugural occurring at or marking the close of a term of office |
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