[mass noun]the action or art of declaiming 慷慨陈词,激辩 Shakespearean declamation. 莎士比亚似的辞令。 [count noun]declamations of patriotism. 爱国主义的慷慨陈词。 ■[count noun]a rhetorical exercise or set speech 雄辩,演说 ■forthright or distinct projection of words set to music 朗诵;(演唱中的)吐字 a soprano soloist with wonderfully clear declamation. 一位吐字非常清楚的女高声独唱歌手。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'a set speech'): from Latin declamatio(n-), from the verb declamare (see declaim)