pronounce
verb /prəˈnaʊns/
/prəˈnaʊns/
Word Family
- pronounce verb
- pronunciation noun
- unpronounceable adjective
- mispronounce verb
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pronounce | /prəˈnaʊns/ /prəˈnaʊns/ |
| he / she / it pronounces | /prəˈnaʊnsɪz/ /prəˈnaʊnsɪz/ |
| past simple pronounced | /prəˈnaʊnst/ /prəˈnaʊnst/ |
| past participle pronounced | /prəˈnaʊnst/ /prəˈnaʊnst/ |
| -ing form pronouncing | /prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ /prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] pronounce something to make the sound of a word or letter in a particular way
发音；读（音） - to pronounce a word/syllable/vowel/consonant
发一个单词/音节/元音/辅音的音 - Very few people can pronounce my name correctly.
很少人能把我的名字念正确。 - The ‘b’ in lamb is not pronounced.
lamb 中的 b 不发音。 - I found it difficult to pronounce the name of the port.
我发现这个港口的名字很难发音。
- I don't know how to pronounce the name of the town.
我不知道怎样念这个镇的名字。 - She pronounced the ‘o’ as in ‘no’.
她把这个o 读成了no 中o 的音。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- distinctly
- correctly
- …
- can
- know how to
- be difficult to
- …
- as
- as in
- to pronounce a word/syllable/vowel/consonant
- [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to give a judgement, opinion or statement formally, officially or publicly
正式宣布（或公布、授予等） - pronounce something to pronounce an opinion
发表意见 - The judge will pronounce sentence today.
法官将于今天宣判。 - I hesitate to pronounce judgement in such a case.
在这种情况下，我不愿宣布判决。 - pronounce somebody/something + noun She pronounced him the winner of the competition.
她宣布他是竞赛的优胜者。 - I now pronounce you husband and wife (= in a marriage ceremony).
我现在宣布你们结为夫妻。 - pronounce somebody/something + adj. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
到达医院时她被宣布已经死亡。 - The jury pronounced him guilty of first-degree murder.
陪审团宣布他犯有一级谋杀罪。 - pronounce somebody/something to be/have something He pronounced the country to be in a state of war.
他宣布全国进入战争状态。 - pronounce that… She pronounced that an error had been made.
她宣称曾经有个错误。 - + speech ‘It's pneumonia,’ he pronounced gravely.
“是肺炎。” 他沉重地宣布。 - pronounce in favour of somebody/something The committee has pronounced in favour of the merger.
委员会已表示支持合并。 - pronounce for somebody/something The judge pronounced for (= in favour of) the defendant.
法官宣布被告胜诉。 - pronounce against somebody/something My opinion in this case is that I must pronounce against this claim.
在这种情况下，我的意见是我必须宣布反对这一主张。
- He pronounced himself delighted with the judge's decision.
他宣布自己对法官的判决感到高兴。 - Press reports beforehand confidently pronounced that an agreement had already been reached.
媒体的报道事先已信心十足地宣布协议已经达成。 - Reality TV was officially pronounced dead by the critics.
评论界正式宣布电视真人秀没有生命力。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- officially
- in favour/favor of
- on
- upon
- …
- be pronounced dead
- pronounce yourself something
- pronounce something to pronounce an opinion
词源late Middle English: from Old French pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + nuntiare ‘announce’ (from nuntius ‘messenger’).