recitation

英 [,resɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,rɛsɪ'teʃən]
  • n. 背诵;朗诵;详述;背诵的诗
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星级词汇:
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1、re- "back, again" + cit- "summon" + -ation.
recitation 朗诵

来自 recite,背诵,朗诵。

recitation (n.)
late 15c., "act of detailing," from Old French récitation (14c.) and directly from Latin recitationem (nominative recitatio) "public reading, a reading aloud," noun of action from past participle stem of recitare (see recite). Meaning "act of repeating aloud" is from 1620s; that of "repetition of a prepared lesson" is first recorded 1770, American English.
1. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The transmission began with a recitation from the Koran.
节目一开始是一段《古兰经》朗诵。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She continued her recitation of the week's events.
她接着逐一讲述这一周发生的事。

来自《权威词典》

4. His recitation was cadenced and rich in feeling.
他的朗诵抑扬顿挫,富有感情.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The boy made many blunders as he stumbled through his recitation.
这个男孩在讷讷的背书中出了很多差错.

来自辞典例句

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