1 N-UNCOUNT 说话能力;说话;言语 Speech is the ability to speak or the act of speaking. 说话能力;说话;言语
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...the development of speech in children.
儿童言语能力的发展
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Intoxication interferes with speech and coordination.
醉酒会影响言语能力和协调性。
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...a speech therapist specialising in stammering.
专治口吃的言语矫治师
SYN communication, talk, conversation, articulation
2 N-SING [usually poss NOUN] 说话方式;言谈 Your speech is the way in which you speak. 说话方式;言谈
SYN diction, pronunciation, articulation, delivery
3 N-UNCOUNT 口语，言语(与书面语相对而言) Speech is spoken language. 口语，言语(与书面语相对而言)
SYN language, tongue, utterance, jargon
4 N-COUNT 演说;演讲;讲话;致辞 A speech is a formal talk which someone gives to an audience. 演说;演讲;讲话;致辞
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She is due to make a speech on the economy next week.
她将在下周作一个关于经济的演讲。
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He delivered his speech in French.
他用法语发表演说。
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...a dramatic resignation speech.
一场情绪激昂的辞职演说
SYN talk, address, lecture, discourse
5 N-COUNT (演员的)台词 A speech is a group of lines spoken by a character in a play. (演员的)台词
6 See also: direct speech figure of speech indirect speech maiden speech part of speech reported speech
Quotations
A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart Peggy Noonan What I Saw at the Revolution
A speech is like a love-affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill Lord Mancroft
Speech is the small-change of silence George Meredith The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary
| Word Partnership | Use speech with: |
| ADJ. | slurred speech 1 free speech 3 famous speech, major speech, political speech, recent speech 4 |
| N. | acceptance speech, campaign speech, keynote speech, speech writing 4 |
| VERB. | deliver a speech, give a speech, make a speech, prepare a speech 4 |
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