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单词 utterance
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Definition of utterance in English:

utterance

noun ˈʌt(ə)r(ə)nsˈədərəns
  • 1A spoken word, statement, or vocal sound.

    言语,言辞,发声

    he whispered, as if to lend his utterances an added confidentiality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, public utterances are invariably dictated by self-interest, political expediency, and/or ideology.
    • At times like this, as we grope to express our feelings, we all tend to fall back on the simplest of utterances.
    • Presently, the agency can only fine broadcast stations up to $27, 500 per utterance and have to warn the individuals who violate the rules before a penalty can be imposed.
    • The new coach gives little away in his facial manner or public utterances.
    • Currency traders around the world were listening to every utterance by the Federal Reserve Chairman on where the world's most powerful economy was heading.
    • Our advice is that they should avoid negative utterances in their speeches and be careful in their deeds.
    • His bizarre word rhythm and gleeful disregard for punctuation makes even his most banal utterances sound dramatic.
    • For this dangerous utterance she received a ten-year sentence.
    • His every move and utterance will be scrutinised and analysed.
    • Here is what the Spanish Prime Minister-elect had to say in virtually his first public utterance following the election.
    • My reaction to that utterance led to an open and scorching debate.
    • The rest of the book supports and explains this cryptic utterance.
    • So often we are subjected to erroneous and incorrect statements and irresponsible utterances from ignorant and unauthorised sources.
    • Her utterances and observations captivate him.
    • His most important utterance on the subject came in a speech in Indianapolis in July 1999.
    • His most sensible utterance came when he insisted: ‘Our children need to understand, at home and at school, that life is not always fair and that it will, from time to time, deal them hard blows.’
    • What we get now is a Leader who has been so thoroughly media managed that every utterance is an opportunity to ‘establish and reiterate key messages’.
    • There can be no question that the church assumed itself capable of authoritative prophetic utterances.
    • Like most seasoned politics-watchers, I had assumed that behind her every utterance was a calculating, self-advancing steel-eyed operator.
    • Nobody understands a word I say, my every utterance greeted with blank looks.
    Synonyms
    remark, comment, word, expression, statement, observation, declaration, pronouncement
    reflection, thought, opinion
    1. 1.1mass noun The action of saying or expressing something aloud.
      表达
      the simple utterance of a few platitudes

      简单说了几句老生常谈的话。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said that lawmakers should be extremely vigilant about foul language ‘for the light utterance of shameful words leads soon to shameful actions.’
      • Speech (the utterance of a well-formed sentence in a particular situation) establishes three kinds of relation to reality.
      • The mere utterance of the word liberal is now met by scorn and derision.
      • Each and every further utterance of these feeble claims, simply illustrates the ignorance and contempt in which these people view the military.
      • Only at this time of year can you truly claim to have been touched by the cold magic that is invoked by the mere utterance of the word ‘Alaska’.
      • Faith is not just the utterance of words, however, but a firm belief and conviction with one's mind and heart.
      • The months of pain and anguish all came flooding back to her with the utterance of that one word.
      • It's what every mother dreams of, next to hearing that first utterance of ma-ma and the later cooing of I love you at early ages.
      • Blatant cheating is considered less offensive than the utterance of odious words.
      • One definition of singing is' the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession '.
      Synonyms
      voicing, saying, speaking, expression, delivery, sounding, mouthing, breathing, articulation, enunciation, verbalization, vocalization
    2. 1.2Linguistics An uninterrupted chain of spoken or written language.
      〔语言学〕话语
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Grammarians and purists put far more stock in ‘logical’ usage than empirical evidence suggests is supported by actual utterances.
      • Any utterance, in these languages, must terminate in a vowel, and adjacent consonants are disallowed.
      • Spoken utterances are composed of a sequence of a rather small number of unit sounds.
      • Adjacency pairs are patterns of two successive utterances, spoken by different speakers, in which the second part of the adjacency pair is relevant and expectable.
      • These kinds of utterances are normal everyday instances of language use for the individuals concerned.

Definition of utterance in US English:

utterance

nounˈədərənsˈədərəns
  • 1A spoken word, statement, or vocal sound.

    言语,言辞,发声

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His most important utterance on the subject came in a speech in Indianapolis in July 1999.
    • Our advice is that they should avoid negative utterances in their speeches and be careful in their deeds.
    • Instead, public utterances are invariably dictated by self-interest, political expediency, and/or ideology.
    • At times like this, as we grope to express our feelings, we all tend to fall back on the simplest of utterances.
    • Nobody understands a word I say, my every utterance greeted with blank looks.
    • There can be no question that the church assumed itself capable of authoritative prophetic utterances.
    • So often we are subjected to erroneous and incorrect statements and irresponsible utterances from ignorant and unauthorised sources.
    • What we get now is a Leader who has been so thoroughly media managed that every utterance is an opportunity to ‘establish and reiterate key messages’.
    • Presently, the agency can only fine broadcast stations up to $27, 500 per utterance and have to warn the individuals who violate the rules before a penalty can be imposed.
    • The new coach gives little away in his facial manner or public utterances.
    • My reaction to that utterance led to an open and scorching debate.
    • His every move and utterance will be scrutinised and analysed.
    • His bizarre word rhythm and gleeful disregard for punctuation makes even his most banal utterances sound dramatic.
    • For this dangerous utterance she received a ten-year sentence.
    • Currency traders around the world were listening to every utterance by the Federal Reserve Chairman on where the world's most powerful economy was heading.
    • The rest of the book supports and explains this cryptic utterance.
    • Like most seasoned politics-watchers, I had assumed that behind her every utterance was a calculating, self-advancing steel-eyed operator.
    • Her utterances and observations captivate him.
    • Here is what the Spanish Prime Minister-elect had to say in virtually his first public utterance following the election.
    • His most sensible utterance came when he insisted: ‘Our children need to understand, at home and at school, that life is not always fair and that it will, from time to time, deal them hard blows.’
    Synonyms
    remark, comment, word, expression, statement, observation, declaration, pronouncement
    1. 1.1 The action of saying or expressing something aloud.
      表达
      the simple utterance of a few platitudes

      简单说了几句老生常谈的话。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Blatant cheating is considered less offensive than the utterance of odious words.
      • Only at this time of year can you truly claim to have been touched by the cold magic that is invoked by the mere utterance of the word ‘Alaska’.
      • He said that lawmakers should be extremely vigilant about foul language ‘for the light utterance of shameful words leads soon to shameful actions.’
      • Speech (the utterance of a well-formed sentence in a particular situation) establishes three kinds of relation to reality.
      • One definition of singing is' the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession '.
      • It's what every mother dreams of, next to hearing that first utterance of ma-ma and the later cooing of I love you at early ages.
      • Faith is not just the utterance of words, however, but a firm belief and conviction with one's mind and heart.
      • The mere utterance of the word liberal is now met by scorn and derision.
      • Each and every further utterance of these feeble claims, simply illustrates the ignorance and contempt in which these people view the military.
      • The months of pain and anguish all came flooding back to her with the utterance of that one word.
      Synonyms
      voicing, saying, speaking, expression, delivery, sounding, mouthing, breathing, articulation, enunciation, verbalization, vocalization
    2. 1.2Linguistics An uninterrupted chain of spoken or written language.
      〔语言学〕话语
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Adjacency pairs are patterns of two successive utterances, spoken by different speakers, in which the second part of the adjacency pair is relevant and expectable.
      • Spoken utterances are composed of a sequence of a rather small number of unit sounds.
      • Grammarians and purists put far more stock in ‘logical’ usage than empirical evidence suggests is supported by actual utterances.
      • Any utterance, in these languages, must terminate in a vowel, and adjacent consonants are disallowed.
      • These kinds of utterances are normal everyday instances of language use for the individuals concerned.
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