vt. 明确有力地表达
adj. 善于表达的,口齿伶俐的;发音清晰的
来源于拉丁语动词articulo, articulare(分成关节,清晰地说)。
例:
What makes us exceptional, what makes us American, is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. 使我们与众不同,使我们成为美国人的,是我们对一个在两个多世纪以前发表的宣言中所表述的理念的恪守。