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rendition

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Music, Theatre, Literature
ren·di·tion /renˈdɪʃən/ noun  1 [countable usually singular, uncountable]APMAPT someone’s performance of a play, piece of music etc 表演;演奏 He gave a moving rendition of Lennon’s ‘Imagine’. 他深情地演唱了列侬的《想象》。2 [countable]ALTRANSLATE a translation of a piece of writing 翻译,译文rendition of an English rendition of a Greek poem 一首希腊语诗歌的英译
Examples from the Corpus
renditionBut before we left, Jeff gave an amazingly loud and accurate rendition of the barred owl.He was a celebrity because of it, stopped often by people and asked for another rendition.Later, your teen-ager and her hunky guy practice a hip rendition of a cool new dance.My rendition of Parma climbing to Ambadji was to become a popular set-piece for evening entertainment.Vaughn's rendition of "Body and Soul" won the competition.Further, the Fugitive Slave Act specifically provided for the rendition of runaways in the northwestern and southwestern territories.
Origin rendition (1600-1700) Early French, from rendre; → RENDER
ren·di·tion nounChineseSyllable
of play, music someone’s performance piece etc of a Corpus


rendition
rendition /renˈdɪʃən/ noun
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: Early French, from rendre; render
1. [countable usually singular, uncountable] someone’s performance of a play, piece of music etc:
    He gave a moving rendition of Lennon’s ‘Imagine’.
2. [countable] a translation of a piece of writing
    rendition of
    an English rendition of a Greek poem


ren·di·tionBrE /renˈdɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /renˈdɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable] the performance of sth, especially a song or piece of music; the particular way in which it is performed 表演;演唱;演奏 SYN interpretation (also exˌtraordinary renˈdition) [uncountable] (especially in the US) the practice of sending foreign suspects to be questioned in another country where the laws about the treatment of prisoners are less strict (尤指在美国)非常规引渡(将外籍嫌疑犯引渡到其他对待囚犯较宽松的国家受审)