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a recitative
作可数名词，指一段宣叙调；复数为 recitatives。
The composer added a short recitative before the chorus.
作曲家在合唱前加了一段简短的宣叙调。
宣叙调；朗诵调
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
宣叙调；朗诵调
a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer performs with the natural rhythms of speech
The composer added a short recitative before the chorus.
作曲家在合唱前加了一段简短的宣叙调。
歌剧中不用咏叹调演唱,而按言语节奏念唱,常配简单伴奏或通奏低音,以展开剧情。
dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot.
During the opera rehearsal, the tenor sang the recitative with a calm, natural speaking voice.
在歌剧排练中，男高音用平静自然的说话声演唱了宣叙调。
The recitative before the aria tells the audience what has happened so far.
咏叹调前的宣叙调向观众讲述了到目前为止发生的事。
Many composers wrote recitatives that imitate the rise and fall of everyday conversation.
许多作曲家创作了模仿日常对话抑扬顿挫的宣叙调。
作可数名词，指一段宣叙调；复数为 recitatives。
The composer added a short recitative before the chorus.
作曲家在合唱前加了一段简短的宣叙调。
in recitative 为惯用搭配，表示以接近说话的自然节奏演唱。
Much of the dialogue is sung in recitative.
大部分对白都是以宣叙调演唱的。
可用 from 引出具体的歌剧或作品。
Her performance of the recitative from the opera was praised.
她对这部歌剧中宣叙调的演绎受到称赞。
作形容词时意为“吟诵的、叙述的”，常修饰 passage、style 等名词。
The recitative passages of the opera are sung in natural speech rhythm.
这部歌剧的宣叙调段落以自然的说话节奏演唱。
Not this
She sang a recitation from the opera.
Use this
She sang a recitative from the opera.
汉语学习者常把 recitative 和 recitation 混淆：recitative 指歌剧中模仿说话语气的宣叙调；recitation 指背诵、朗读。这里说的是演唱歌剧片段，所以用 recitative。
Not this
The opera contains three long recitative.
Use this
The opera contains three long recitatives.
recitative 是可数的，复数形式为 recitatives。汉语没有复数形态变化，学习者容易漏掉 -s；在 three 等复数语境下必须用复数形式。
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干宣叙调
The opera uses secco recitative for the dialogue.
这部歌剧在对话部分使用了干宣叙调。
有伴奏宣叙调
In the finale, the soprano sings an accompanied recitative.
在终曲中，女高音演唱了一段有伴奏宣叙调。
宣叙调风格
The composer sets the text in a speech-like recitative style.
作曲家以类似说话的宣叙调风格来谱这段词。
创作宣叙调
The composer was asked to compose a recitative for the new libretto.
这位作曲家受邀为新脚本创作一段宣叙调。
以宣叙调形式
The narrator delivers the story in recitative.
叙述者以宣叙调形式讲述故事。
Use recitative naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
recitative 开头像 recite（背诵），歌剧里演员用说话节奏“背诵”剧情，便是宣叙调。
语域：neutral 常见场景：music history、opera、music theory recitative 是音乐术语，通常用于歌剧、清唱剧等声乐作品中，指以自然语言节奏演唱的叙事性独唱段落。这个词比较正式，多出现在音乐史、乐评或作品分析等语境中，日常口语中不常见。
None of these words is a perfect rhyme with /ˈresɪteɪtɪv/; they are listed to help with the spelling and sound of the ending. Imitative, quantitative, qualitative, and authoritative all contain the written suffix -itative and in the pronunciations shown here end in /teɪtɪv/, matching recitative’s final /teɪtɪv/ but not its stressed vowel. Initiative is a warning: although it resembles recitative, its -iative is pronounced /ʃətɪv/, not /teɪtɪv/. Relative also warns that the spelling -ative is often /ətɪv/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.