Mary was
pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
玛丽到达医院时被宣告已经死亡。
He doesn't know how to
pronounce this word.
他不知道这个单词怎么发音。
I need to practice my pronunciation, so could you please
pronounce this word for me?"
我需要练习发音,你能帮我读一下这个单词吗?
The teacher corrected my pronunciation of 'restaurant'."
老师纠正了我"restaurant"这个词的发音。
She has a beautiful pronunciation of French.
她的法语发音很美。
Listen carefully and try to
pronounce each syllable correctly.
认真听,尽量准确地发音每个音节。
His accent is strong, but his pronunciation is impeccable.
他的口音重,但发音无懈可击。
The child is just learning to
pronounce her ABCs.
这个孩子正在学习字母的发音。
The pronunciation of 'th' in English is tricky for non-native speakers.
对非母语者来说,英语中"th"的发音是个难点。
I can't understand his pronunciation, it's very unclear.
我听不懂他的发音,很不清楚。
The pronunciation of 's' and 'c' in English varies depending on the following letter.
在英语中,'s'和'c'的发音取决于其后的字母。
She studied with a pronunciation coach to improve her public speaking skills.
她找了一位发音教练来提升她的公众演讲技巧。
"She added that: "If you think about it, 10 years ago in the US, it was kind of weird to go online and buy a product with a brand that you can't even pronounce.
她补充道:“如果你仔细想想,10年前在美国,上网购买一个你甚至不会发音的品牌的产品有点奇怪。
I asked several Western friends and they agreed these names are generally difficult to pronounce in countries that use the Latin alphabet.
But being easy to pronounce is not the only requirement - having the right connotations is critical too.
While it is easy to spell and pronounce, nobody in the English-speaking world wants to drink "snow", which means frozen water.
Ries pointed out that one critical barrier for Chinese companies to make a genuine global takeoff is their names, which are generally difficult to pronounce in countries that use the Latin alphabet.
He listed a number of pinyin translations that English-speaking population might find hard to pronounce: Xiaomi, Mengniu, iQiyi to name just a few, even though some of them have reaped initial gains in the global market.
"Although pinyin may make some names difficult to pronounce for foreigners, Huawei is a good example how a strong brand with strong consumer experience and branding effort can cut through the clutter," she said.
"The name has to be simple and easy to pronounce," said Liu.
The name was considered largely by netizens as hard to pronounce and understand.
In 2022, nine out of 10 consumers were aware of private brands; half of them were able to pronounce the name of each store brand they recognized; and 35 percent said they made purchases in the past six months.