oration

• n. スピーチ；演説；語り

ラテン語のorare「講義する」「よく話す」が語源。

oration (n.)

late 14c., "prayer," from Late Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; language, faculty of speech, mode of expressing; prayer," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin orare "to pray, plead, speak before an assembly" (see orator). Meaning "formal speech, discourse" first recorded c. 1500.

1. He asked for no funeral oration .

葬儀で弔辞を読み上げる人はいない。

2.Who gave your commencement address？

誰が卒業演説をしたのですか。 oration 「公式演説」を指し、例えば、

3.It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration .

次の話はいちいち書く必要はありません。

4.This was the groundwork of his oration .

これらが彼の言葉の基調です。

5.He delivered an oration on the decline of family values.

彼は家庭の価値観の衰退について演説した。