orate

英 ['ɔːreɪt; ɒ'reɪt] 美 ['ɔret]
  • vi. 演说,演讲;用演说的腔调说
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orate (v.)
c. 1600, "to pray, to plead," from Latin oratus, past participle of orare "speak, pray, plead, speak before a court or assembly" (see orator). The meaning "make a formal speech" emerged c. 1860 in American English as a back-formation of oration. Related: Orated; orating.
1. It certainly is a fine thing to be able to orate.
能说会道当然是好事.

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