1PUBLICIZE/MAKE KNOWNto say publicly or officially that something important is true or exists 宣布,声明 → proclamation
The president proclaimed the republic’s independence.
总统宣布共和国独立。
proclaim that
Protesters proclaimed that the girl was innocent.
抗议者宣称那个女孩是无辜的。
proclaim somebody something
His son was immediately proclaimed king.
他的儿子立即被宣布为国王。
2SIGN/SYMBOLto show something clearly or be a sign of something 显示,表明
The stripes on her uniform proclaimed her seniority.
制服上的条纹表明她的级别很高。
Examples from the Corpus
proclaim• There are thousands of informersproclaiming a new devotion to Vaclev Havel.• All over Ireland, a spireproclaims an Anglicanchurch.• Colourfulbrochures and postersproclaimbargainweekends, mini breaks, etc.• Phillips has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence.• If you identify to outstanding contribution to profit, proclaim it at your nest team meeting.• Those who proclaimed it may have done so for cynical reasons, but I doubt that they genuinely believed it.• That is something that we should proclaimloud and clear.• Nearly everyone there wore a pinproclaiming their support of the union.
ADVERB | VERB + PROCLAIM | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤loudly大聲宣佈▸➤formally, officially正式宣佈▸➤openly, publicly公開宣佈▸➤proudly, triumphantly自豪地宣佈➤boldly大膽地宣佈◇She boldly proclaimed that her goal was to win the championship.她大膽地宣佈,她的目標是贏得冠軍。➤hereby (oftenhumorous) 特此宣佈◇I hereby proclaim June 12 as a computer-free day.我特此宣佈 6 月 12 日為無計算機日。➤repeatedly反複宣稱◇She repeatedly proclaimed her devotion to the cause.她反複強調她對事業的獻身精神。VERB + PROCLAIM➤seem to似乎表明◇His boyish looks seemed to proclaim his inexperience.他孩子般的長相使他顯得缺乏經驗。➤continue to繼續宣佈◇They continue to proclaim their innocence.他們繼續宣稱自己無辜PREPOSITION➤as宣告為⋯◇Everyone is proclaiming him as the next president.大家都說他會是下一任總統。➤to向⋯宣佈◇She proclaimed her innocence to the world.她向全世界表明她的無辜。