recitation
英 [,resɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,rɛsɪ'teʃən]
TEM4
1、re- "back, again" + cit- "summon" + -ation.
- 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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