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词汇 peroration
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Definition of peroration in English:

peroration

noun pɛrəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌpɛrəˈreɪʃən
  • The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience.

    (尤指为了激发听众的热情而作的)结束语,总结语

    he again invoked the theme in an emotional peroration
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes there's a climax, or a point of culmination, and usually the coda or peroration that ends the piece decisively.
    • He brings his peroration to a close at this point, the frogs lingering as an image of the sacred.
    • One moment he is in the middle of a peroration about horizons, and the next he is inexplicably talking about beautiful garbage cans.
    • I found myself launching into a little peroration.
    • The playing is good enough, and the engineering is better, yet the final peroration does remind me of a rush hour traffic jam in New York City.
    • But his 1972 article was more forthcoming and the peroration at the end claimed that.
    • In the meantime, expect a lengthy peroration on moving offices.
    • The apotheosis of Scott's reception, however, is reached in this peroration.
    • The peroration was magnificent, though difficult to remember, you know.
    • But the full peroration makes clear that this was not the case either.
    • George's final chapters amount to an eloquent but protracted peroration, liberally laced with philosophical speculation.
    • Next comes the protracted peroration on the rank of Duke versus the rank of Prince.
    • He concludes a short peroration on someone's misdemeanor (never mind who; the cause of wrongdoing is universal).
    • Then he concludes with this remarkable peroration.
    • I see that you are expecting a peroration, but you are just too foolish if you suppose that after I have poured out a hodgepodge of words like this I can recall anything that I have said.
    • After reading it I put it aside, deeply troubled as I was by the haunting resonance of its peroration, which so moved the audience.
    • The latter can really, really stink if you're a minute into your peroration and you realize you're going to have to fake it, because you've already bored yourself.
    • Foucault has many perorations about the nature of power.
    • This able book, as anxious for an effective peroration as any sermon, contains truths unwelcome to Christian readers, but it omits relevant evidence.
    • The triumphant peroration at the end is almost hair-raising in its eminent sense of nationalism.
    Synonyms
    closing remarks, conclusion, ending, close, final section, summation, summing-up, recapitulation, reiteration
    informal recap, recapping

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin peroratio(n-), from perorare 'speak at length' (see perorate).

Definition of peroration in US English:

peroration

nounˌperəˈrāSHənˌpɛrəˈreɪʃən
  • The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience.

    (尤指为了激发听众的热情而作的)结束语,总结语

    he again invoked the theme in an emotional peroration
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The playing is good enough, and the engineering is better, yet the final peroration does remind me of a rush hour traffic jam in New York City.
    • He brings his peroration to a close at this point, the frogs lingering as an image of the sacred.
    • I found myself launching into a little peroration.
    • The apotheosis of Scott's reception, however, is reached in this peroration.
    • The peroration was magnificent, though difficult to remember, you know.
    • But his 1972 article was more forthcoming and the peroration at the end claimed that.
    • Foucault has many perorations about the nature of power.
    • One moment he is in the middle of a peroration about horizons, and the next he is inexplicably talking about beautiful garbage cans.
    • After reading it I put it aside, deeply troubled as I was by the haunting resonance of its peroration, which so moved the audience.
    • Next comes the protracted peroration on the rank of Duke versus the rank of Prince.
    • The triumphant peroration at the end is almost hair-raising in its eminent sense of nationalism.
    • I see that you are expecting a peroration, but you are just too foolish if you suppose that after I have poured out a hodgepodge of words like this I can recall anything that I have said.
    • This able book, as anxious for an effective peroration as any sermon, contains truths unwelcome to Christian readers, but it omits relevant evidence.
    • Then he concludes with this remarkable peroration.
    • In the meantime, expect a lengthy peroration on moving offices.
    • The latter can really, really stink if you're a minute into your peroration and you realize you're going to have to fake it, because you've already bored yourself.
    • But the full peroration makes clear that this was not the case either.
    • Sometimes there's a climax, or a point of culmination, and usually the coda or peroration that ends the piece decisively.
    • George's final chapters amount to an eloquent but protracted peroration, liberally laced with philosophical speculation.
    • He concludes a short peroration on someone's misdemeanor (never mind who; the cause of wrongdoing is universal).
    Synonyms
    closing remarks, conclusion, ending, close, final section, summation, summing-up, recapitulation, reiteration

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin peroratio(n-), from perorare ‘speak at length’ (see perorate).

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