单词 | peroration |
释义 | perorationWord family nounperorationverbperorate Literatureper·o·ra·tion /ˌperəˈreɪʃən/ noun [countableC] 1. technicalAL the last part of a speech, in which the main points are repeated 〔演说的〕结束语,总结 2. formalTALK/MAKE A SPEECH a long speech that sounds impressive but does not have much meaning 夸夸其谈的演说 Examples from the Corpus peroration• Equally sudden a peroration of chatter from a local mockingbird broke the silence.• And so when Drabik delivered her marvelous peroration on Shakespeare, I had to wonder how many students got it.• However his ringing peroration struck most of those present as being ridiculous, and many laughed aloud.• There was not much else on offer in the leader's peroration to feed the faithful. (1400-1500) Latin peroratio, from perorare “to make a long speech, come to the end of a speech” |
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