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acclaim

verb
🔊/əˈkleɪm/
🔊/əˈkleɪm/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they acclaim
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he / she / it acclaims
🔊/əˈkleɪmz/
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past simple acclaimed
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past participle acclaimed
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-ing form acclaiming
🔊/əˈkleɪmɪŋ/
🔊/əˈkleɪmɪŋ/
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  1. to praise or welcome somebody/something publicly公开称誉某人／某事物（为…）；给予高度评价
    • be acclaimed (as something) The work was acclaimed as a masterpiece.该作品被誉为杰作。🔊🔊
    • This book has been widely acclaimed as a modern classic.这本书被广泛誉为现代的经典之作。
    • a highly/widely acclaimed performance受到高度／广泛赞扬的演出
    • Mario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed novelist马里奥•巴尔加斯•略萨，在国际上受到广泛称誉的小说家
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • be critically acclaimed
    • be highly acclaimed
    • be internationally acclaimed
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘express approval’): from Latin acclamare, from ad- ‘to’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the ending was due to association with claim. Current senses date from the 17th cent.

acclaim

noun
🔊/əˈkleɪm/
🔊/əˈkleɪm/
 [uncountable]
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  1. praise and approval for somebody/something, especially an artistic achievement（尤指对艺术成就的）称誉，高度评价
    • international/popular/critical acclaim国际上的／公众的／评论家的赞扬
    Extra Examples
    • His discoveries earned him wide acclaim.他的发现为他赢得了广泛赞誉。
    • She received international acclaim for her interpretation of Chopin.她由于成功演绎肖邦的作品而饮誉国际。
    • The play opened last week to universal acclaim.该剧上周开演，受到一致好评。
    • acclaim from the critics评论家们的赞扬
    • Her latest novel has received widespread critical acclaim.她最新出版的小说受到了评论界的普遍称誉。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • general
    • universal
    • …
    verb + acclaim
    • deserve
    • earn (somebody)
    • gain (somebody)
    • …
    preposition
    • to… acclaim
    • acclaim for
    • acclaim from
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘express approval’): from Latin acclamare, from ad- ‘to’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the ending was due to association with claim. Current senses date from the 17th cent.