一、详细释义：


v.

宣告，公布（某事物）；声明 [T]


例句：

The president proclaimed that a new currency would be issued.

总统宣布将发行新货币。


例句：

He proclaimed Charles his heir.

他宣布查尔斯为他的继承人。


表明（某事物）；显示 [T]


例句：

Yet, never will I proclaim my accomplishments.

但是我决不炫耀我的成绩。


例句：

She did not proclaim her intention.

她没有把自己的意图明说出来。


二、词义辨析：


announce,declare,proclaim,pronounce,advertise,broadcast,publish

这些动词均含“宣布，公开”之意。 announce多指首次宣布大家感兴趣或可满足大家好奇心的事情。 declare侧重正式就某事清楚明白地宣布。 proclaim指官方宣布重大事件或施政方针，语体比announce正式。 pronounce词义与announce,declare接近，但较多用于指法律判决方面的宣布。 advertise指通过文字和图像资料等的反复宣传而引起公众的注意，有时隐含令人不快或言过其实的意味。 broadcast专指利用广播或电视传播消息或发表见解。 publish专指通过报刊或其它媒介向公众公布事情。


三、参考例句：


She did not proclaim her intention.

她没有把自己的意图明说出来。


Yet, never will I proclaim my accomplishments.

但是我决不炫耀我的成绩。


He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.

他不得不宣扬他的教义。


A herald will proclaim the new king immediately the old one dies.

传令官将在老国王去世后立刻宣告新国王。


Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?

谁能传说耶和华的大能，谁能表明他一切的美德。


Some boxes proclaim"Merry Christmas!" and "Happy New Year!" in English on their sides.

有些盒子侧面用英文写着“圣诞快乐”和“新年快乐”。


It is not enough, however, to proclaim our ideals or even to be convinced that we have them.

然仅宣布吾人之理想，甚或确信吾人具有此种理想，尚嫌不足。


Cocky and conceited people tend to take a position and then proclaim, bluster, and totally disregard differing opinions or points of view.

自大逞能的人习惯先选择立场，然后宣告、夸口，完全忽视其他不同的观点。


NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States do hereby proclaim December 1, 2013, as World AIDS Day.

为此，我，美利坚合众国总统巴拉克·奥巴马，以美国宪法和法律赋予我的权力，特此宣布2013年12月1日为世界艾滋病日。