名词演讲术; （用长词或正式词语的）词藻华丽的言辞
1. 祈祷室：菲力普.尼里(Fillipo Neri)神父为了吸引罗马街头的年轻人,在圣玛丽亚教堂的祈祷室(oratory)里举行了一系列音乐表演. 每段表演的主题当然都是宗教性的,中间插入一段布道,由此可理解到清唱剧形式的基本结构和名称的渊源.
2. 演讲：Object language 客体语言 | Oratory 演讲 | Otherness 另类的
1. 演讲术；雄辩术
Oratory is the art of making formal speeches which strongly affect people's feelings and beliefs.
e.g. He displayed determination as well as powerful oratory.
他既展示出震撼人心的雄辩术，又显露了矢志不移的决心。
2. （基督徒做礼拜的）祈祷室，小礼拜堂
An oratory is a room or building where Christians go to pray.
e.g. The wedding will be at the Brompton Oratory next month.
婚礼将于下月在布朗普顿礼拜堂举行。
1. She could talk for five or six minutes without any oratory hiccup.
2. Oratory is a fine thing but unless it is backed up by deeds it becomes hollow.
noun
1. addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
e.g. he loved the sound of his own oratory