pronounce

pronounce 发音，读音，宣布，公布

pro-,向前，-nounce,发音，词源同announce,nuncio.引申诸相关词义。

pronounce

pronounce: [14] Latin nuntius meant ‘messenger’. From it was derived the verb nuntiāre ‘announce’, which has formed the basis of English announce [15], annunciation [14], denounce [13], pronounce, and renounce [14]. Pronounce itself goes back to Latin prōnuntiāre ‘proclaim’, formed with the prefix prō- ‘forth, out, in public’. Its specific application to the ‘way in which a person speaks’ emerged in English in the early 17th century.
=> announce, denounce, nuncio, renounce

pronounce (v.)

early 14c., "to declare officially;" late 14c., "to speak, utter," from Old French prononcier "declare, speak out, pronounce" (late 13c., Modern French prononcer), from Late Latin pronunciare, from Latin pronuntiare "to proclaim, announce; pronounce, utter," from pro- "forth, out, in public" (see pro-) + nuntiare "announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). With reference to the mode of sounding words or languages, it is attested from 1620s (but see pronunciation in this sense from early 15c.). Related: Pronounced; pronouncing.

1. Men feel perfectly free to pronounce on the way women should look.

男人随心所欲地对女性美的标准发表看法。

2. Did I pronounce your name correctly?

你的名字我念对了吗？

3. The authorities took time to pronounce their verdicts.

当局斟酌权衡再三才宣布他们的决定。

4. Very few people can pronounce my name correctly.

很少有人能把我的名字念正确。

5. He is best qualified to pronounce upon such a matter.

他最有资格对这种事情发表意见.

【announce, declare, proclaim, pronounce, advertise, broadcast, publish】
这些动词均含“宣布，公开”之意。
announce: 多指首次宣布大家感兴趣或可满足大家好奇心的事情。
declare: 侧重正式就某事清楚明白地宣布。
proclaim: 指官方宣布重大事件或施政方针，语体比announce正式。
pronounce: 词义与announce, declare接近，但较多用于指法律判决方面的宣布。
advertise: 指通过文字和图像资料等的反复宣传而引起公众的注意，有时隐含令人不快或言过其实的意味。
broadcast: 专指利用广播或电视传播消息或发表见解。
publish: 专指通过报刊或其它媒介向公众公布事情。