SAT GRE
外刊例句
- For floating voters, the party failed to enunciate a clear message.
对于流动选民来说，该党未能阐明一个明确的信息。
——《经济学人》 - Gus speaks as if he has marbles in his mouth, but if he wants to get the right response from Siri, he must enunciate clearly.
格斯讲话含混不清，嘴里像塞了个玻璃球，但如果他想从 Siri 那里得到正确的反馈，他就必须咬字清楚。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] say or pronounce clearly
[动词] 清楚地说或发音
深入解读
Enunciate 一词源自拉丁语 enuntiare （说出、表达、断言；泄露、揭露），17世纪初进入英语后用来表示“表明、表达”，发展到现在则主要表示清晰地“发音、念字”，多以听者的易懂程度为标准（yardstick）衡量清晰与否，比如：
- 她徐缓从容的声音里充满着一种不寻常的严肃语气。她每个字都念得又慢又仔细。
Her languid voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness. She enunciated each word slowly and carefully. - 他一字一顿，听上去很生硬。但由于他谈话中使用的晦涩行话对我是一团迷雾，我真搞不懂他在说些什么。
His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully. But I really couldn’t fathom what he was talking about since the arcane jargon in his talk was opaque to me.
清楚念词和清晰发音的目的无非是尽量把自己所要表达的内容明确地传递出去，所以 enunciate 还常作为一个正式用语表示“阐明、阐释”，强调清楚而准确地表明某个观点、理论、原则等，比如：
- 他总是乐意向所有愿意倾听的人阐明他不切实际的观点。
He was ever ready to enunciate his quixotic views to all who would listen. - 在演讲中，这位领导人阐明了该政党可行的税收改革计划。
In the speech, the leader enunciated his party’s viable proposals for tax reform.
名著用例
With features strained hard to enunciate the syllables they continued to regard the centre of the flickering fire, the notes of the youngest straying over into the pauses of the rest.
他们的脸一个个都很紧张，使劲地唱着每一个音节，同时还不住地去看中间闪烁不定的火焰，最小那个孩子还唱得错了节拍。
出自英国小说家托马斯·哈代的长篇小说《德伯家的苔丝》（Tess of the d’Urbervilles）。小说最初在杂志上连载，1891年开始以书籍发行，主要讲述英格兰有个贫家少女名叫苔丝，她美丽、单纯且富有责任感，却遭到命运的捉弄。
常见短语
“enunciate” 这个单词的中文解释是 “清晰地发音” 或者 “阐明”。
以下是包含 “enunciate” 这个词的50个短语，每个短语都附有中文解释：
- enunciate clearly – 清晰地发音
- enunciate each word – 发音每个单词
- enunciate with precision – 准确地发音
- Slowly enunciate – 缓慢地发音
- Carefully enunciate – 仔细地发音
- enunciate the consonants – 发音辅音
- enunciate the vowels – 发音元音
- enunciate the syllables – 发音音节
- enunciate the sounds – 发音声音
- enunciate the speech – 清晰地发音
- enunciate the message – 阐明信息
- enunciate the instructions – 清晰地发出指示
- enunciate the details – 清楚地说明细节
- enunciate the rules – 阐明规则
- enunciate the principles – 阐明原则
- enunciate the concepts – 阐明概念
- enunciate the ideas – 清楚地表达想法
- enunciate the plan – 清晰地表述计划
- enunciate the goals – 阐明目标
- enunciate the objectives – 阐明目标
- enunciate the requirements – 阐明要求
- enunciate the policies – 阐明政策
- enunciate the guidelines – 阐明指导方针
- enunciate the strategy – 清晰地阐明战略
- enunciate the steps – 清晰地阐述步骤
- enunciate the process – 阐明过程
- enunciate the approach – 阐明方法
- enunciate the vision – 阐明愿景
- enunciate the mission – 阐明使命
- enunciate the values – 阐明价值观
- enunciate the beliefs – 阐明信仰
- enunciate the philosophy – 阐明哲学
- enunciate the purpose – 阐明目的
- enunciate the significance – 阐明重要性
- enunciate the advantages – 阐明优点
- enunciate the benefits – 阐明好处
- enunciate the risks – 阐明风险
- enunciate the challenges – 阐明挑战
- enunciate the solutions – 阐明解决方案
- enunciate the possibilities – 阐明可能性
- enunciate the options – 阐明选择
- enunciate the opportunities – 阐明机会
- enunciate the outcomes – 阐明结果
- enunciate the implications – 阐明影响
- enunciate the consequences – 阐明后果
- enunciate the conclusions – 阐明结论
- enunciate the recommendations – 阐明建议
- enunciate the findings – 阐明发现
- enunciate the results – 阐明结果
- enunciate the meaning – 阐明含义
同近义词
- articulate: (of a person or a person’s words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently
- pronounce: make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way
- utter: make (a sound) with one’s voice
