pronounce: [14] Latin nuntius meant ‘messenger’. From it was derived the verb nuntiāre ‘a(chǎn)nnounce’, 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.
雙語例句
1. Men feel perfectly free to pronounce on the way women should look.
男人隨心所欲地對女性美的標準發(fā)表看法。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Did I pronounce your name correctly?
你的名字我念對了嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
3. The authorities took time to pronounce their verdicts.
當(dāng)局斟酌權(quán)衡再三才宣布他們的決定。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Very few people can pronounce my name correctly.
很少有人能把我的名字念正確。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. He is best qualified to pronounce upon such a matter.