enunciate
verb /ɪˈnʌnsieɪt/
/ɪˈnʌnsieɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they enunciate | /ɪˈnʌnsieɪt/ /ɪˈnʌnsieɪt/ |
| he / she / it enunciates | /ɪˈnʌnsieɪts/ /ɪˈnʌnsieɪts/ |
| past simple enunciated | /ɪˈnʌnsieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈnʌnsieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle enunciated | /ɪˈnʌnsieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈnʌnsieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form enunciating | /ɪˈnʌnsieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈnʌnsieɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] enunciate (something) | + speech to say or pronounce words clearly
清楚地念（字）；清晰地发（音） - She enunciated each word slowly and carefully.
她每个字都念得又慢又仔细。
- She enunciated each word slowly and carefully.
- [transitive] enunciate something (formal) to express an idea clearly and exactly
清楚地表明；阐明 - He enunciated his vision of the future.
他阐明了自己对未来的看法。
- He enunciated his vision of the future.
词源mid 16th cent. (as enunciation): from Latin enuntiat- ‘announced clearly’, from the verb enuntiare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + nuntiare ‘announce’ (from nuntius ‘messenger’).