【articulate】 - A-level备考词汇

articulate

UK:  [ɑ:'tɪkjʊleɪt]

过去分词：articulated  现在分词：articulating  第三人称单数：articulates  

adj.

1.明了的,明白的;发音清晰的,音节分明的

2.有关节的;有节的;接合起来的

3.能说话的,口齿伶俐的,长于表达的,表达能力很强的

v.

1.说,说出,说出口来;发出,表达,清楚地表达

2.发音清晰地说,清晰认真地发音

3.【语言学】形成(声音)

4.表现(思想)

5.(用关节)接合

1 . "Co. . . " Dolohov began, but he could not at once articulate the words: "come up, " he said, with an effort.
“请……”多洛霍夫开了腔，但是不能一下子把话说出来……“请吧，”他费劲地说完了这句话。

2 . So it seems to make sense that music came "before we had this complicated articulate language that we use to do abstract thinking. "
这似乎和“在我们能用复杂清晰的语言进行抽象思考之前，音乐就产生了”的说法不谋而合。

3 . this was the first time I had seen a Chinese bhikshuni articulate her moral and intellectual position in such a forthright manner.
这是我第一次看到一位比丘尼，用如此直接的方式，铿锵有力的表现她的智慧与道德。

4 . On the other hand, to say it was the vision of any ideal or allegiance to any principle would be making it far too articulate and abstract.
另一方面，如果我们说从气象可以读出一切理想或是忠诚所具有的品质，这又难免太过清晰而抽象了。

5 . Through my work I'm trying to articulate that humans are not separate from nature and that everything is interconnected.
通过我的艺术作品我试着阐明人类不是与自然分隔开而是每一件事都是互相联系的。