| 词汇 | clarion-call |
| 释义 | clarion call noun[ Cusually singular ] literaryuk /ˈklær.i.ən ˌkɔːl/ us /ˈkler.i.ən ˌkɑːl/ a very clear message or instruction about what action is needed: 召唤；号召 to issue/sound a clarion call for change吹响变革的号角 Instructions and orders as per instructionsidiom brief briefing briefing paper charge command commandment counter-order diktat doctor's orders fiat imperatively interdict marching orders orders are ordersidiom talk talk someone through something unbriefed walkthrough word Examples of clarion callclarion call The goal of prognostication is not simply to depress everyone, but rather to serve as a clarioncall to action. They will not tell the country quite frankly what is the problem and give the clarioncall to action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a clarioncall to action, to concerted effort to uphold the sanctity of treaties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His song carries no prescription; it is not a clarioncall for military or guerrilla aggression. Continuity with the past is clearly not a clarioncall within this story of community. We hear the clarioncall, but this ambitious, necessary and no doubt eventually productive task is still at its start. One thinks of a clarioncall to celebrate the new season and the wonder of the blossoming lily. For the criminal tribes, on the other hand, there must assuredly have been something faintly suspicious about freedom's ever-louder clarioncall. Waves of research come and go, and we doubt this clarioncall for research on judgmental accuracy will create any more whiplash among researchers than any of its predecessors. It does not lend itself to being described as a clarioncall for greater openness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A grudgingly conceded enactment is scarcely the clarioncall that is needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It certainly was not a clarioncall to rally his doubting supporters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The clarioncall for trade protection will do just that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And to that clarioncall, the response from the boards of directors of every company in the land has been a collective industrial raspberry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the clarioncall to people to defend their communities because juries will let them off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of clarion call These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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