oratory

英 [ˈɒrətri]

美 [ˈɔːrətɔːri]

n.  讲演术; 雄辩术; (私人)祈祷室，小礼拜堂

复数：oratories　

GRE

BNC.19174 / COCA.18667

牛津词典

noun

• 讲演术；雄辩术
  the skill of making powerful and effective speeches in public
• （私人）祈祷室，小礼拜堂
  a room or small building that is used for private prayer or worship

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 演讲术；雄辩术
  Oratoryis the art of making formal speeches which strongly affect people's feelings and beliefs.
  1. He displayed determination as well as powerful oratory.
     他既展示出震撼人心的雄辩术，又显露了矢志不移的决心。
• N-COUNT （基督徒做礼拜的）祈祷室，小礼拜堂
  Anoratoryis a room or building where Christians go to pray.
  1. The wedding will be at the Brompton Oratory next month.
     婚礼将于下月在布朗普顿礼拜堂举行。

英英释义

noun

• addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
  1. he loved the sound of his own oratory

双语例句

• For someone who so inspired us with his soaring oratory during the last campaign, he has turned out to be a poor communicator during his first term, failing at crucial moments to explain and defend his policies.
  对于一个在上一届竞选中用鼓舞人心的雄辩术激励我们的人，他竟然在第一个任期内疏于沟通，关键时刻无法解释和辩护他的政策。
• In unhindered knowledge of eloquence, the Bodhisattva-mahasattva has no hindrance in oratory, and is unmoved.
  辩才无碍，菩萨在口才上没有任何阻碍，他没有变过。
• He could be a ponderous speaker. Yet the force of his leadership far outweighed his oratory.
  他的言辞或许沉闷，但他的领导力远比演说有力。
• He roused the troops with his oratory.
  他以慷慨激昂的演说唤起了部队的激情。
• Also this improves your oratory skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.
  而且这还会大幅度地提高你的演讲能力、丰富你的词汇量。
• Some of his colleagues knew that Winston Churchill had same convictions and ideals in his private life as he espoused with his brilliant oratory in the public life.
  丘吉尔的一些同事都知道他在私人生活中仍旧延续着他在面对公众的非凡演讲中所展示的信念与理想。
• Winston Churchill even won the Nobel Prize for literature "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory".
  温斯顿邱吉尔（winstonchurchill）甚至“因为在历史与传记描写上的造诣，以及才华横溢的演讲”而荣获诺贝尔文学奖。
• The BBC's Kevin Connolly, in Washington, says the president will need all his oratory skill to rescue his hopes for reform.
  BBC驻华盛顿记者KevinConnolly说总统要用尽他所有的游说技巧来拯救他改革的希望。
• It is right for us to celebrate Dr. King's marvelous oratory, but it is worth remembering that progress did not come from words alone.
  我们应该弘扬金博士光辉的演说，但值得记住的是，进步并不仅靠言辞。
• Both owed their rise to masterful oratory; both brought ( or bring) thin governing experience to the presidency.
  两人高超的演讲才能都在胜利中助其一臂之力，而且当选总统时，都没有丰富的执政经验。