elocution

n.演说艺术；朗诵法（指姿态，风度，口才等），发声法

noun

1. 演讲技巧；演说术
   the ability to speak clearly and correctly, especially in public and pronouncing the words in a way that is considered to be socially acceptable

n. 朗诵法；演说法；雄辩术

1. When I was 11 my mother sent me to elocution lessons.
   在我11岁的时候，妈妈让我去上演说技巧课。
2. London pronunciation became the prerogative of a new breed of specialists orthoepists and teachers of elocution.
   艾尔吉奥写道：伦敦发音成为专家们（正音学研究者和朗诵教师）对一种新口音的特权。
3. And "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher had elocution lessons to make her voice less shrill.
   就连有“铁娘子”之称的撒切尔夫人也曾接受过朗诵课程，使自己的声音不那么尖锐。
4. He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel.
   他去接受演讲技巧训练，以使他说话的声调听上去更优雅些。
5. She took elocution lessons before becoming a newsreader.
   在成为新闻播音员之前，她学习了演讲课程。
6. He taught elocution at a junior college.
   他在一所两年制的专科学校讲授演说技巧。
7. Aristotle contacted the teaching of the elocution practice very closely at the time of investigating the language feeling of argument.
   亚里士多德是紧密结合辩论术的教学实践探讨论证语感。
8. He laid on some elocution lessons, to try to knock the edge off her country accent.
   他为她安排了几次演讲课，帮助她克服乡下口音。
9. The traditional opera is a comprehensive art that includes singing, gesticulating, elocution and acrobatics.
   戏曲是一门综合艺术，它包括唱、念、做、打。