a public or official announcement,especially one dealing with a matter of great importance (尤指涉及重大事件的)公告;布告;宣言;声明 the issuing by the monarch of a proclamation dissolving Parliament. 君主发布的解散议会的公告。 ■[mass noun]the public or official announcement of such a matter 正式宣布;广泛宣告 the government restricted the use of water by proclamation. 政府通过发布公告的形式限制用水。 ■a clear declaration of something 宣称;声明 they often make proclamations about their heterosexuality. 他们经常公然声明自己的异性爱行为。
语源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin proclamatio(n-), from proclamare 'shout out' (see proclaim)