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单词 speechify
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Definition of speechify in English:

speechify

verbspeechifies, speechified, speechifying ˈspiːtʃɪfʌɪˈspitʃəˌfaɪ
[no object]often as noun speechifying
  • Deliver a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous way.

    演讲(尤指夸夸其谈)

    the after-dinner speechifying begins

    宴后演说开始了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her speechifying was made fun of, and her black and white, self-righteous attitude grew out of her own long-running self-involvement; it was very obviously intended as a character flaw.
    • In the first act, every character embodies a political position, and all but Belle herself, who's too busy scrubbing floors and nursing her baby, spend a lot of time speechifying.
    • It was powerful, compelling, emotional, and in sharp contrast to the prepackaged speechifying we are so accustomed to hearing from politicians.
    • We have become so accustomed to speechifying and blathering that we hardly notice anymore.
    • Obviously topical, the dialogue yields at times to the temptations of speechifying, but it is a pitfall meliorated by strong acting and direction.
    • Besides, real people don't speechify like this.
    • And, of course, they're cutting from that dialogue to David speechifying about ‘doing the right thing.’
    • Thomas' talent for speechifying at news conferences dates to her career as a reporter.
    • For the second night in a row, there is little speechifying and much music.
    • You can, says Mark French of Leading Authorities, a top speaking agency, make a seven-figure income from speechifying alone.
    • The script contains no dialogue, only speechifying; there are no characters, only stereotypes.
    • The good fight the bad without pausing to speechify about trade federations.
    • O'Rowe's adaptation strips the play down to its essentials and presents a spare and tight historical drama shorn of any excess speechifying and wandering.
    • Over the course of the campaign, though, her speechifying grew sharper, more forceful.
    • The characters don't so much speak as speechify, in arias out of second-rate literature.
    • Hey, I know it's Friday, and all anybody wants to do is get together with friends at the Sizzler, so I'll knock off the speechifying.
    • The Progressive Democrats gathered in Limerick last night for 36 hours of low-grade scheming, non-stop speechifying and back-slapping, commonly called the national conference.
    • It is full of moral speechifying and erudite detail and has a convoluted plot replete with melodramatic deaths and wonderful recoveries and coincidences.
    • After the applause had died down, Hector prepared to speechify.
    • She was a caustic critic of charismatic ministers who speechify but don't mobilize.
    Synonyms
    speak at length, talk at length, speak, talk, go on, sound off

Derivatives

  • speechification

  • noun spiːtʃɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    • There's got to be a way to trim the speechifications down to pithier, more thought-provoking exchanges that don't leave the viewer stabbing himself with a drinking straw to stay awake.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Listen to what some noted experts have had to say about that classic type of speechification, the Sunday sermon.
      • Captain Jessie paused a moment to take a breather from his speechification.
      • I took Latin to follow my grad ceremony which only broke into the vernacular for the speechifications.
      • I'd also suggest the text be reigned in vis-a-vis all the speechification and more of an effort be made by the actors to truly own their roles and not just play out easy stereotypes.
  • speechifier

  • noun ˈspiːtʃɪfʌɪəˈspitʃəˌfaɪ(ə)r
    • On their celebrated departure many of the most eloquent speechifiers in the land delivered impassioned orations.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's been spouted by so many generations of professional speechifiers that it's easy to be immune to its propagandist agenda of cultural nationalism.
      • He is the chief theorist, the most respected mind, the most passionate speechifier.
      • Actually, the poet and speechifier had been in him from boyhood: he liked to erect a platform in the barn and electrify himself with his own sermons.
      • The speechifier stood aside and relinquished the mike to the preacher who carried on with his attempt to ‘save’ his audience.

Rhymes

preachify

Definition of speechify in US English:

speechify

verbˈspēCHəˌfīˈspitʃəˌfaɪ
[no object]
  • Deliver a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous way.

    演讲(尤指夸夸其谈)

    the after-dinner speechifying begins

    宴后演说开始了。

    writers should write, not speechify
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was powerful, compelling, emotional, and in sharp contrast to the prepackaged speechifying we are so accustomed to hearing from politicians.
    • The Progressive Democrats gathered in Limerick last night for 36 hours of low-grade scheming, non-stop speechifying and back-slapping, commonly called the national conference.
    • Obviously topical, the dialogue yields at times to the temptations of speechifying, but it is a pitfall meliorated by strong acting and direction.
    • She was a caustic critic of charismatic ministers who speechify but don't mobilize.
    • And, of course, they're cutting from that dialogue to David speechifying about ‘doing the right thing.’
    • We have become so accustomed to speechifying and blathering that we hardly notice anymore.
    • O'Rowe's adaptation strips the play down to its essentials and presents a spare and tight historical drama shorn of any excess speechifying and wandering.
    • You can, says Mark French of Leading Authorities, a top speaking agency, make a seven-figure income from speechifying alone.
    • For the second night in a row, there is little speechifying and much music.
    • Thomas' talent for speechifying at news conferences dates to her career as a reporter.
    • The characters don't so much speak as speechify, in arias out of second-rate literature.
    • The good fight the bad without pausing to speechify about trade federations.
    • Her speechifying was made fun of, and her black and white, self-righteous attitude grew out of her own long-running self-involvement; it was very obviously intended as a character flaw.
    • After the applause had died down, Hector prepared to speechify.
    • Besides, real people don't speechify like this.
    • It is full of moral speechifying and erudite detail and has a convoluted plot replete with melodramatic deaths and wonderful recoveries and coincidences.
    • The script contains no dialogue, only speechifying; there are no characters, only stereotypes.
    • Over the course of the campaign, though, her speechifying grew sharper, more forceful.
    • Hey, I know it's Friday, and all anybody wants to do is get together with friends at the Sizzler, so I'll knock off the speechifying.
    • In the first act, every character embodies a political position, and all but Belle herself, who's too busy scrubbing floors and nursing her baby, spend a lot of time speechifying.
    Synonyms
    speak at length, talk at length, speak, talk, go on, sound off
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