| 单词 | diction |
| 释义 | diction (once / 2097 pages) n Diction is the way you talk, that is, the way you enunciate or pronounce your words, and the words and phrases you choose to use. If you've seen the musical "My Fair Lady," you know the character Eliza Doolittle struggles with her diction as her mentor tries to teach her to become a lady. Because of her accent, she has the most difficult time properly pronouncing even the most simple phrases, but in the end, she succeeds in saying things like the key phrase, "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain." WORD FAMILYdiction: dictions USAGE EXAMPLESThe greatest challenges fell to tenor Robert Murray, who sang Gerontius with beautiful timbre, expressive depth, and immaculate diction. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) You can see it in his smallest gestures and hear it in his flat, careful diction. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) Desmond’s devotion to the Bible yields no parables, no diction, no favorite stories, no specific references. The New Yorker(Nov 03, 2016) 1n the manner in which something is expressed in words Syn|Hypo|Hyper choice of words, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wording mot juste the appropriate word or expression verbalisation, verbalizationthe words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization expression, formulation the style of expressing yourself 2n the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience Syn|Hypo|Hyper enunciation mumbling indistinct enunciation articulation the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech |
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