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declamation
大演說,雄辯,雄辯法
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dec·la·ma·tion
n.
1.
The
act
or
art
of
declaiming
;
rhetorical
delivery
;
haranguing
;
loud
speaking
in
public
;
especially
,
the
public
recitation
of
speeches
as
an
exercise
in
schools
and
colleges
;
as
,
the
practice
declamation
by
students
.
The
public
listened
with
little
emotion
,
but
with
much
civility
,
to
five
acts
of
monotonous
declamation
.
--
Macaulay
.
2.
A
set
or
harangue
;
declamatory
discourse
.
3.
Pretentious
rhetorical
display
,
with
more
sound
than
sense
;
as
,
mere
declamation
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
declamation
n
1:
vehement
oratory
2:
recitation
of
a
speech
from
memory
with
studied
gestures
and
intonation
as
an
exercise
in
elocution
or
rhetoric
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