declaim
verb /dɪˈkleɪm/
/dɪˈkleɪm/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they declaim | /dɪˈkleɪm/ /dɪˈkleɪm/ |
| he / she / it declaims | /dɪˈkleɪmz/ /dɪˈkleɪmz/ |
| past simple declaimed | /dɪˈkleɪmd/ /dɪˈkleɪmd/ |
| past participle declaimed | /dɪˈkleɪmd/ /dɪˈkleɪmd/ |
| -ing form declaiming | /dɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ /dɪˈkleɪmɪŋ/ |
- to say something loudly; to speak loudly and with force about something you feel strongly about, especially in public
（尤指在公众前）慷慨激昂地宣讲，慷慨陈词 - declaim something She declaimed the famous opening speech of the play.
她慷慨激昂地朗诵了这出戏中著名的开场白。 - declaim against something He declaimed against the evils of alcohol.
他慷慨陈词，猛烈抨击酗酒的罪恶。 - declaim that… She stood up and loudly declaimed that prizes are not important.
她站起来大声宣布奖品不重要。 - + speech ‘All the world's a stage,’ he declaimed.
“整个世界都是一个舞台，”他慷慨陈词。
词源late Middle English: from French déclamer or Latin declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness) + clamare ‘to shout’. - declaim something She declaimed the famous opening speech of the play.