If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
例句
He raised his right fist and declaimed: 'Liar and cheat!'...他举起右拳高喊:“骗子,骗子!”He used to declaim French verse to us.他过去常给我们朗诵法语诗歌。
英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
(像演讲般)说话
These lines make far more sense when declaimed than when simply read out.这些台词用朗诵比起单纯的读效果要好得多。
vi.
抨击
She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers’ money.她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.慷慨激昂地攻击傲慢,并非谦逊的标志。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. recite in elocution
2. speak against in an impassioned manner;
"he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"