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.
权威例句
1. He asked for no funeral oration.
他不要人在葬礼上宣读悼词.
2. Who gave your commencement address?
谁给你们做了毕业演说? oration指 “正式演说”,如:
3. It is not necessary to set down the rest of the oration.
下面讲的话我就不必一一写下了.
4. This was the groundwork of his oration.
这些就是他那番话的基调.
5. He delivered an oration on the decline of family values.