作为语言学专家,我将从专业角度解析这对易混淆词汇的用法差异:
1. 词性差异:
- pronounce(及物动词):表示"发音"或"正式宣布"
- pronunciate(非标准动词):是pronounce的冗余形式,现代标准英语中不建议使用
2. 使用规范:
√ 正确用法:Can you pronounce this word correctly?
× 不规范用法:She pronunciates each syllable clearly.
3. 词源演变:
"pronounce"源自拉丁语"pronuntiare",14世纪进入英语。而"pronunciate"是16世纪出现的冗余 ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.