pronounce
verb[T]
uk/prəˈnaʊns/us/prəˈnaʊns/pronounceverb[T](MAKE SOUND)
B1
to say a word or aletterin aparticularway:
发(音),读(音)How do you pronounceyoursurname?你的姓怎么念?
She pronounced hisnamesobadlyhe didn'tevenrecognizeit.念他的名字时她发音如此不准以至于连他本人都没听出来。
Sade, pronounced shah-day, is asinger.Sade,读作 Shah-day,是一位歌手。
- Have I pronouncedyournamecorrectly?
- Theyear1705 is usually pronounced seventeen o five.
- She pronounced Leicesterphoneticallyas "Ley-ces-ter', but really we say "Lester".
- Don't youhatethe way shespeaks, pronouncing eachsingleconsonantsoprecisely.
- Thephoneticalphabetshowsyou how to pronounceunfamiliarwords.
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
pronounceverb[T](TO STATE)
formal
to say somethingofficiallyorcertainly:
宣称;宣布;断言[+ obj + noun/adj]He was taken to thehospitalwhere he was pronounceddeadonarrival.他被送往医院,到了医院就被宣布已死亡。
Thejurypronounced himguilty.陪审团宣布他有罪。
Hegazedvacantlywhile theverdictandsentencewere pronounced.在宣读判决时,他面无表情地瞪着眼睛。
Shesurveyedthebuildingand pronounced herselfpleasedwiththeirwork.她勘查了这栋楼,称自己对他们的工作很满意。
[+ that]Thegovernmentpronouncedthatthey are nolongeranuclearstate.该政府宣布其不再是核国家。
"Have Imethim?" "You haveindeed- Irecallyou pronounced the man(= said that he was)afool."“我见过他吗?”“你确实见过——我记得你说这个人是傻瓜。”
Thedessertwastriedand pronounceddelicious.人们品尝了这道甜点,赞其味美。
to say something
- sayWhen I say your name, raise your hand.
- utterShe barely uttered a word all morning.
- they sayThey say the house is haunted.
- it is saidIt is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
- stateUnion members stated that they were unhappy with the proposal.
- remarkHe remarked that she was looking thin.
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaintsomeone/yourselfwithsomething
- affirm
- annunciation
- avowedly
- awaken
- awakensomeonetosomething
- break
- break it/the news tosomeoneidiom
- breathe/say a wordidiom
- disseminate
- known
- on the recordidiom
- proclamation
- putsomethingout ofitsmiseryidiom
- rapporteur
- record
- resensitize
- rollout
- self-anointed
- statement
Phrasal verb
pronounce on/uponsomething