disquisition
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·qui·si·tion /ˌdɪskwəˈzɪʃən/ noun [countable] formal TCAPa long speech or written report 长篇演讲；长篇报告
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disquisition• Various readability formulas are described in the course of interesting disquisitions on readability by Hatt and by McClellan.• For my part, I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal.• The sermons were stories instead of disquisitions.• Inevitably my entrance was an intrusion on one disquisition or another.Origin disquisition (1600-1700) Latin disquisitio, from disquirere “to try to get information”dis·qui·si·tion nounChineseSyllable
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disquisition
dis‧qui‧si‧tion /ˌdɪskwəˈzɪʃən, ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃən/
noun [countable] formal
dis‧qui‧si‧tion /ˌdɪskwəˈzɪʃən, ˌdɪskwɪˈzɪʃən/
noun [countable] formal Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: disquisitio, from disquirere 'to try to get information'
a long speech or written report
Language: Latin
Origin: disquisitio, from disquirere 'to try to get information'