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单词 declare
释义 de·clare
\də̇ˈkla(a)](ə)r, dēˈ-, -le], ]ə\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English declaren, from Middle French declarer, from Latin declarare, from de from, away + clarare to make clear, from clarus clear, bright — more at de-, clear
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to make clear : explain, interpret
 < I told this unto the magicians but there was none that could declare it to me — Gen 41:24 (Authorized Version) >
2. : to make known publicly, formally, or explicitly especially by language
 < reaffirm on this wider basis the truths which other writers … have already declared — Herbert Read >
: announce, proclaim, or publish especially by a formal statement or official pronouncement
 < we declared rubber a strategic and critical material — W.R.Langdon >
 < an armistice is called, peace is declared — Harrison Forman >
: communicate to others
 < here the results of research are presented, here the progress of knowledge is declared — Bernard De Voto >
3. : to make evident or give evidence of : serve as a means of revealing : manifest, show
 < a glimpse of his head in outline … declared his present state of mind — Osbert Sitwell >
4. : to make a formal acknowledgment of
 < declare a trust >
5. : to state emphatically
 < others declare that the rains on the mountain sides … caused the disaster — C.L.Jones >
: affirm, assert
 < happy the country that has no history, declares the proverb — E.H.Collis >
6.
 a. : to make a full statement of or about (property subject to tax or duty)
 b. : to name (a taxable or dutiable item) as being in one's possession or ownership
7. : scratch 6d
8. in card games
 a. : to make a bid or announcement naming (a trump suit or no-trump)
 b. : to announce or show (scoring cards) : meld
9. of a cricket team : to announce (its current unfinished innings) closed forthwith
10. : to make payable especially by vote of the directors of a corporation
 < declared an extra dividend for the fourth quarter >
intransitive verb
1. : to make a declaration
 < poetry … evokes rather than merely declares — C.S.Kilby >
as
 a. in card games
  (1) : call, bid
  (2) : meld
 b. of a cricket team : to declare its current unfinished innings closed forthwith
2. : to make an open and explicit avowal (as of one's opinion or support) : announce or proclaim oneself — often used with for or against
 < one of the first papers in New England to declare for Jackson — H.K.Beale >
 < declared against the ancient languages as the staple of American education — Howard M. Jones >
Synonyms:
 announce, publish, advertise, proclaim, promulgate, broadcast: these seven verbs agree in signifying to make known openly or publicly. declare, though often used as an equivalent of say, usually suggests forthrightness or plainness, and often a certain formality, of manner or statement
  < the visitor declared that it was his intention to leave early >
  < the court declared that the interim measures of protection … had ceased to operate — Americana Annual >
  To announce is to declare for the first time, especially something presumably of interest
  < to announce one's arrival >
  < to announce an engagement >
  < to announce a new government economic policy >
  To publish is to make public, now generally by means of printing
  < they may only want to find the Monarchists in a thoroughly compromising position and publish it to the world — John Buchan >
  < if the national government resolves upon some drastic action at ten o'clock it publishes the decree at eleven — L.C.Douglas >
  To advertise in its most general sense is to call public attention to by widely circulated statements, sometimes with unpleasant publicity or extravagance of statement
  < deliberately advertising his willingness to make concessions — Time >
  < permanent residents also aided materially in advertising the territory — R.A.Billington >
  < to advertise one's products in newspapers, on the radio, and on television >
  To proclaim is to announce usually orally and loudly and with conclusiveness in a public place or to people at large
  < to proclaim the day a national holiday >
  < to proclaim the independence of the nation >
  < to proclaim one's innocence in the face of public disbelief >
  To promulgate is to make known to all concerned something that has binding force (as a dogma of the church) or something for which adherents are sought (as a theory or a doctrine)
  < regulations promulgated by executive order — Americana Annual >
  < promulgates a brand of heaven-on-earth religion — John Kobler >
  To broadcast is to make known in all directions over a large area, now commonly by radio or television
  < the book he has written to broadcast this conviction — Gordon Harrison >
  < to broadcast the news every hour on the hour >
Synonym: see in addition assert.

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