elocution

• n.朗読、演説、雄弁

e-、外に向かって。-Loc、話すこと。語源的にはlocution、colloquyと同じ。

elocution (n.)

mid-15c., from Late Latin elocutionem (nominative elocutio) "voice production, a speaking out, utterance, manner of expression," in classical Latin especially "rhetorical utterance, oratorical expression," noun of action from past participle stem of eloqui "speak out" (see eloquence). Related: Elocutionary; elocutionist.

1. When I was 11 my mother sent me to elocution lessons.

私が11歳の時、母は私に話術の授業を上演させた。

2.He laid on some elocution lessons，to try to knock the edge off her country accent.

彼は彼女のために何度か講演の授業を手配して、彼女が田舎なまりを克服するのを助けた。

3.With every advantage of lungs and elocution ，the effect is vapid.

だが、声を張り上げ、頓挫して朗読した結果、聞き手を興味深くさせた。

4.With every advantage of lungs and elocution ，the effect is singularly vapid.

だが、声を張り上げ、抑揚をつけて朗読した結果、聞き手を興味深くさせた。