說話的力量
這一組都在講同一件事的兩面：一個人能不能把話講得讓人動起來。
noun · C1
The skill of making strong public speeches that move or persuade the people who are listening.
演說術
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 演說術 · 祈禱室
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oratory
noun核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a person standing in front of a crowd, and the room slowly going still. Nothing is happening except talking — and yet the talking is doing the work. Oratory names that whole thing: the training that makes it possible, and the pull the words have while they are in the air.
可以想成一個人站在很多人面前，開口講話，場子慢慢安靜下來。現場什麼事都沒發生，就只是講話而已，可是這個講話真的在起作…更多收起
可以想成一個人站在很多人面前，開口講話，場子慢慢安靜下來。現場什麼事都沒發生，就只是講話而已，可是這個講話真的在起作用。oratory 就是圍著這個畫面在轉：一邊是「他會講」的那門功夫，一邊是「那些話當下有多大力量」。這兩邊常常同時出現在一句話裡，語氣多半帶著佩服。From the word’s history
This side of the word was borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, the feminine form of ōrātōrius ('to do with speaking'), so it began life meaning the craft of the speaker.
這一支是從拉丁文 ōrātōria 借進來的，那是 ōrātōrius（跟演說有關的）的陰性形。所以它一開始指的就是「演說者的那門技藝」，今天的用法一路沒有走遠。
Wiktionary extract supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:825063359), etymology 2: 'Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius'
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Also in this word
noun · C2
The moving, convincing quality of the way someone speaks, or sometimes writes — the power in the words as they land, not the training behind them.
動人的言詞
A second word, same spelling
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oratory
noun核心畫面
A different picture altogether: a small quiet room with a bench and one window, kept aside so that someone can pray there. Not a big church, not a service with a crowd — just a space that has been set apart for that one purpose.
這一支的畫面完全不一樣：一間很小、很安靜的房間，裡面一張長椅、一扇窗，留著給人禱告用。它不是整座大教堂，也不是一場很…更多收起
這一支的畫面完全不一樣：一間很小、很安靜的房間，裡面一張長椅、一扇窗，留著給人禱告用。它不是整座大教堂，也不是一場很多人的禮拜，就只是一塊被特別留出來、專門做這件事的空間。從這個畫面往外走，它可以是老房子裡的一間房、教堂裡的一個側間，也可以是一棟自己站著的小建築。From the word’s history
This side comes from Late Latin ōrātōrium, through Anglo-Norman and Middle English oratorie, meaning a place for praying. It is a doublet of oratorio, and it took the place of the Old English word bēdhūs.
這一支來自晚期拉丁文 ōrātōrium，經過盎格魯-諾曼語和中古英文的 oratorie 才進到英文，本來就指「禱告的地方」。它和音樂上的 oratorio 是雙生字，也取代了古英文原本的 bēdhūs。
Wiktionary extract supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:825046913), etymology 1: 'From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie ... Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.'