speech

noun

/spiːtʃ/

Word Family

speak verb
speaker noun
speech noun
spoken adjective (≠ unspoken)

[countable] a formal talk that a person gives to an audience演说；讲话；发言
- Several people made speeches at the wedding.有几个人在婚礼上讲了话。
- She gave a rousing speech to the crowd.她向人群发表了激动人心的演讲。
- speech on something to deliver a speech on human rights发表关于人权的演讲
- speech about something He inspired everyone with a moving speech about tolerance and respect.他以关于宽容和尊重的感人演讲激励了大家。
- in a speech In his acceptance speech, the actor thanked his family.这名演员在获奖感言中感谢了家人。
Synonyms speech
speechlecture ▪ address ▪ talk ▪ sermonThese are all words for a talk given to an audience.
speech a formal talk given to an audience:
Several people made speeches at the wedding.有几个人在婚礼上讲了话。
lecture a talk given to a group of people to tell them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course:
a lecture on the Roman army关于罗马军队的讲座
a course/series of lectures讲座课程；系列讲座
address a formal speech given to an audience:
a televised presidential address总统的电视演讲
speech or address?A speech can be given on a public or private occasion; an address is always public: He gave an address at the wedding.
talk a fairly informal session in which somebody tells a group of people about a subject:
She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.她做了个关于她在中国访问的有趣报告。
sermon a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a religious leader during a service:
to preach a sermon布道
Patterns
- a long/short speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon
- a keynote speech/lecture/address
- to write/prepare/give/deliver/hear a(n) speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon
- to attend/go to a lecture/talk
Extra Examples
- George Washington's inaugural speech乔治・华盛顿的就职演说
- He made a speech about workers of the world uniting.他发表了关于世界工人团结起来的演讲。
- In a speech given last month, she hinted she would run for office.在上个月的一次演讲中，她暗示她将竞选公职。
- She delivered the keynote speech (= main general speech) at the conference.她在会议上发表了主题演讲（=主要一般性演讲）。
- He wrote her party conference speech.他为她撰写了党的会议演讲稿。
- His 20-minute speech was interrupted several times by booing.他20分钟的演讲多次被嘘声打断。
- Her comments came ahead of a speech she will deliver on Thursday to business leaders.她是在周四向商界领袖发表演讲之前发表上述言论的。
- She concluded her speech by thanking the audience.她最后向观众表示感谢。
- He gave an impassioned speech broadcast nationwide.他在全国范围内发表了慷慨激昂的演讲。
- We heard a speech by the author.我们听到了作者的演讲。
- This is very unexpected—I haven't prepared a speech.这很出乎我的意料——我还没有准备演讲稿。
- The guest speaker is ill so I have to do the opening speech.演讲嘉宾生病了，所以我必须做开场演讲。
- He read his speech from a prompter.他通过提示器朗读了他的演讲。
- the farewell speech given by George Washington乔治·华盛顿的告别演说
- He made the comments in a nationally televised speech.他在全国电视讲话中发表了上述言论。
- During his victory speech the President paid tribute to his defeated opponent.总统在胜利演讲中向他击败的对手致敬。
- In his concession speech, he urged his supporters to try to work with Republicans.在败选演讲中，他敦促他的支持者尝试与共和党合作。
- The Prime Minister addressed the nation in a televised speech.总理在电视讲话中向全国发表讲话。
- He delivered his final speech to Congress.他向国会作了最终发言。
- He delivered the commencement speech at Notre Dame University.他在圣母大学毕业典礼上发表演讲。
- His speech was broadcast on national radio.他的讲话在国家电台播出。
- In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.在对下院所作的演讲中，她勾勒出自己对 21 世纪英国的展望。
- President Bush delivered his 2004 State of the Union speech.布什总统作了 2004 年的国情咨文报告。
- She gave a speech on the economy.她作了一次关于经济问题的演讲。
- She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.她作了一次关于改善失业人员状况的激动人心的竞选演讲。
- The President will deliver a major foreign-policy speech to the United Nations.总统将向联合国就外交政策作重要讲话。
- The candidates gave their standard stump speeches (= political campaign speeches).各位候选人按例行程序作了巡回演讲。
- The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech.获胜者发表了动情的获奖感言。
- a Senate floor speech参议院演讲
- her maiden speech (= her first) in the House of Commons她在下议院的首次演说
- the Chancellor's Budget speech财政大臣的预算报告
- the Prime Minister's speech-writers总理的讲稿撰写人
- She's been asked to give the after-dinner speech.她被邀请发表餐后演讲。
- You will need to prepare an acceptance speech.您需要准备一份获奖感言。
- a political speech writer政治演讲撰稿人
Topics Politicsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- brief
- little
- short
- …
verb + speech
- deliver
- give
- make
- …
speech + noun
- writer
preposition
- in a/the speech
- speech about
- speech on
- …
[uncountable] the language used when speaking; the fact of speaking rather than writing口语；口头
- in speech This expression is used mainly in speech, not in writing.这种表达主要用于口语，而不是书面语。
- a defence of free speech (= the right to say openly what you think)维护言论自由
- speech sounds语音
see also direct speech, freedom of speech, hate speech, indirect speech, reported speech, text-to-speech
Extra Examples
- the use of language in everyday speech日常话语中的语言使用
- The kids pepper their speech with a lot of slang and terms from social media.孩子们在演讲中加入了大量来自社交媒体的俚语和术语。
- the difficulties of transcribing conversational speech转录对话语音的困难
- Computer-generated speech has become significantly more intelligible and naturalistic.计算机生成的语音变得更加容易理解和自然。
- The poems are delivered in a style between speech and song.这些诗歌以介于言语和歌曲之间的风格来表达。
- Improvements in speech recognition have produced digital assistants that can respond to spoken commands.语音识别技术的进步催生了可以响应口头命令的数字助理。
- A blind user can 'read' a newspaper using a Braille display or speech synthesizer. 盲人用户可以使用盲文显示器或语音合成器“阅读”报纸。
- Her singing style is close to the natural rhythms of everyday speech.她的演唱风格接近日常言语的自然节奏。
- the speech rhythms of the Polish language波兰语的语音节奏
- He learned to successfully mimic American speech patterns.他学会了维妙维肖地模仿美国人说话。
- birds that mimic the intonations of human speech模仿人类语音语调的鸟类
- They were able to communicate without speech.他们无需言语就能进行交流。
- In English, a letter does not always represent the same speech sound.在英语中，一个字母并不总是代表相同的语音。
- Speech codes have been instituted by some universities (= to stop language that is sexist, racist, etc.).有些大学已经制订了语言规范。
- The country continues to suppress free speech and censor the internet.该国继续压制言论自由并审查互联网。
- When the government restricts speech, this may be a violation of the First Amendment.当政府限制言论时，这可能违反第一修正案。
- racist hate speech种族仇恨言论
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- slurred
- clipped
- casual
- …
speech + noun
- pattern
- style
- defect
- …
preposition
- in speech
phrases
- a figure of speech
- freedom of speech
- the power of speech
- …
[uncountable] the ability to speak说话的能力
- I seemed to have lost the power of speech.我好像话都说不出来了。
- a speech impediment言语障碍
- The child was referred to a speech therapist.孩子被转介给言语治疗师。
Extra Examples
- He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.那次事故之后他暂时失去了语言能力。
- It's a story about a kid who loses his powers of sight, hearing and speech.这是一个关于一个失去视觉、听觉和言语能力的孩子的故事。
- a child who has problems with speech and language有言语和语言问题的孩子
- a speech and language therapist言语和语言治疗师
- After the stroke he had some difficulties with speech.中风后，他的言语出现了一些困难。
- the development of speech in humans人类言语的发展
- Symptoms may include visual and speech impairment.症状可能包括视觉和言语障碍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- slurred
- clipped
- casual
- …
speech + noun
- pattern
- style
- defect
- …
preposition
- in speech
phrases
- a figure of speech
- freedom of speech
- the power of speech
- …
[uncountable] the way in which a particular person speaks说话方式
- Her speech was slurred—she was clearly drunk.她说话含混不清，显然是喝醉了。
- Clear speech with crisp consonant sounds is very important.说话清楚、辅音干脆是很重要的。
see also caretaker speech
Extra Examples
- She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.从他含糊不清的言语中，她就知道他喝过酒。
- She was slurring her speech.她说话含糊不清。
- I find his speech very hard to understand.我觉得他的讲话很难理解。
- I don't like it when people correct my speech.我不喜欢人们纠正我的言论。
- His speech was incoherent, responding to questions that had not been asked.他的讲话语无伦次，只回答了没有被问到的问题。
- In halting speech, she began to tell her story.她结结巴巴地开始讲述自己的故事。
- She has a very idiosyncratic style of speech.她的说话风格非常独特。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- slurred
- clipped
- casual
- …
speech + noun
- pattern
- style
- defect
- …
preposition
- in speech
phrases
- a figure of speech
- freedom of speech
- the power of speech
- …
[countable] a group of lines that an actor speaks in a play in the theatre（戏剧中的）台词
- She has the longest speech in the play.在这部剧中，她的台词最长。
Wordfinder
- comedy
- denouement
- dialogue
- drama
- dramatic irony
- play
- scene
- set
- soliloquy
- speech
Wordfinder
- act
- cast
- drama
- entrance
- exit
- line
- play
- role
- scene
- speech
Topics Film and theatreb1

see also figure of speech, part of speech

Word OriginOld English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak.

单词	speech
释义	speech noun /spiːtʃ/ /spiːtʃ/ Word Family speak verb speaker noun speech noun spoken adjective (≠ unspoken) [countable] a formal talk that a person gives to an audience演说；讲话；发言 Several people made speeches at the wedding.有几个人在婚礼上讲了话。 She gave a rousing speech to the crowd.她向人群发表了激动人心的演讲。 speech on something to deliver a speech on human rights发表关于人权的演讲 speech about something He inspired everyone with a moving speech about tolerance and respect.他以关于宽容和尊重的感人演讲激励了大家。 in a speech In his acceptance speech, the actor thanked his family.这名演员在获奖感言中感谢了家人。 Synonyms speechspeechlecture ▪ address ▪ talk ▪ sermonThese are all words for a talk given to an audience.speech a formal talk given to an audience: Several people made speeches at the wedding.有几个人在婚礼上讲了话。 lecture a talk given to a group of people to tell them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course: a lecture on the Roman army关于罗马军队的讲座 a course/series of lectures讲座课程；系列讲座 address a formal speech given to an audience: a televised presidential address总统的电视演讲 speech or address?A speech can be given on a public or private occasion; an address is always public: He gave an address at the wedding. talk a fairly informal session in which somebody tells a group of people about a subject: She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.她做了个关于她在中国访问的有趣报告。 sermon a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a religious leader during a service: to preach a sermon布道 Patterns a long/short speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon a keynote speech/lecture/address to write/prepare/give/deliver/hear a(n) speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon to attend/go to a lecture/talk Extra Examples George Washington's inaugural speech乔治・华盛顿的就职演说 He made a speech about workers of the world uniting.他发表了关于世界工人团结起来的演讲。 In a speech given last month, she hinted she would run for office.在上个月的一次演讲中，她暗示她将竞选公职。 She delivered the keynote speech (= main general speech) at the conference.她在会议上发表了主题演讲（=主要一般性演讲）。 He wrote her party conference speech.他为她撰写了党的会议演讲稿。 His 20-minute speech was interrupted several times by booing.他20分钟的演讲多次被嘘声打断。 Her comments came ahead of a speech she will deliver on Thursday to business leaders.她是在周四向商界领袖发表演讲之前发表上述言论的。 She concluded her speech by thanking the audience.她最后向观众表示感谢。 He gave an impassioned speech broadcast nationwide.他在全国范围内发表了慷慨激昂的演讲。 We heard a speech by the author.我们听到了作者的演讲。 This is very unexpected—I haven't prepared a speech.这很出乎我的意料——我还没有准备演讲稿。 The guest speaker is ill so I have to do the opening speech.演讲嘉宾生病了，所以我必须做开场演讲。 He read his speech from a prompter.他通过提示器朗读了他的演讲。 the farewell speech given by George Washington乔治·华盛顿的告别演说 He made the comments in a nationally televised speech.他在全国电视讲话中发表了上述言论。 During his victory speech the President paid tribute to his defeated opponent.总统在胜利演讲中向他击败的对手致敬。 In his concession speech, he urged his supporters to try to work with Republicans.在败选演讲中，他敦促他的支持者尝试与共和党合作。 The Prime Minister addressed the nation in a televised speech.总理在电视讲话中向全国发表讲话。 He delivered his final speech to Congress.他向国会作了最终发言。 He delivered the commencement speech at Notre Dame University.他在圣母大学毕业典礼上发表演讲。 His speech was broadcast on national radio.他的讲话在国家电台播出。 In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.在对下院所作的演讲中，她勾勒出自己对 21 世纪英国的展望。 President Bush delivered his 2004 State of the Union speech.布什总统作了 2004 年的国情咨文报告。 She gave a speech on the economy.她作了一次关于经济问题的演讲。 She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.她作了一次关于改善失业人员状况的激动人心的竞选演讲。 The President will deliver a major foreign-policy speech to the United Nations.总统将向联合国就外交政策作重要讲话。 The candidates gave their standard stump speeches (= political campaign speeches).各位候选人按例行程序作了巡回演讲。 The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech.获胜者发表了动情的获奖感言。 a Senate floor speech参议院演讲 her maiden speech (= her first) in the House of Commons她在下议院的首次演说 the Chancellor's Budget speech财政大臣的预算报告 the Prime Minister's speech-writers总理的讲稿撰写人 She's been asked to give the after-dinner speech.她被邀请发表餐后演讲。 You will need to prepare an acceptance speech.您需要准备一份获奖感言。 a political speech writer政治演讲撰稿人 Topics Politicsa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective brief little short … verb + speech deliver give make … speech + noun writer preposition in a/the speech speech about speech on … [uncountable] the language used when speaking; the fact of speaking rather than writing口语；口头 in speech This expression is used mainly in speech, not in writing.这种表达主要用于口语，而不是书面语。 a defence of free speech (= the right to say openly what you think)维护言论自由 speech sounds语音 see also direct speech, freedom of speech, hate speech, indirect speech, reported speech, text-to-speech Extra Examples the use of language in everyday speech日常话语中的语言使用 The kids pepper their speech with a lot of slang and terms from social media.孩子们在演讲中加入了大量来自社交媒体的俚语和术语。 the difficulties of transcribing conversational speech转录对话语音的困难 Computer-generated speech has become significantly more intelligible and naturalistic.计算机生成的语音变得更加容易理解和自然。 The poems are delivered in a style between speech and song.这些诗歌以介于言语和歌曲之间的风格来表达。 Improvements in speech recognition have produced digital assistants that can respond to spoken commands.语音识别技术的进步催生了可以响应口头命令的数字助理。 A blind user can 'read' a newspaper using a Braille display or speech synthesizer. 盲人用户可以使用盲文显示器或语音合成器“阅读”报纸。 Her singing style is close to the natural rhythms of everyday speech.她的演唱风格接近日常言语的自然节奏。 the speech rhythms of the Polish language波兰语的语音节奏 He learned to successfully mimic American speech patterns.他学会了维妙维肖地模仿美国人说话。 birds that mimic the intonations of human speech模仿人类语音语调的鸟类 They were able to communicate without speech.他们无需言语就能进行交流。 In English, a letter does not always represent the same speech sound.在英语中，一个字母并不总是代表相同的语音。 Speech codes have been instituted by some universities (= to stop language that is sexist, racist, etc.).有些大学已经制订了语言规范。 The country continues to suppress free speech and censor the internet.该国继续压制言论自由并审查互联网。 When the government restricts speech, this may be a violation of the First Amendment.当政府限制言论时，这可能违反第一修正案。 racist hate speech种族仇恨言论 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective slurred clipped casual … speech + noun pattern style defect … preposition in speech phrases a figure of speech freedom of speech the power of speech … [uncountable] the ability to speak说话的能力 I seemed to have lost the power of speech.我好像话都说不出来了。 a speech impediment言语障碍 The child was referred to a speech therapist.孩子被转介给言语治疗师。 Extra Examples He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.那次事故之后他暂时失去了语言能力。 It's a story about a kid who loses his powers of sight, hearing and speech.这是一个关于一个失去视觉、听觉和言语能力的孩子的故事。 a child who has problems with speech and language有言语和语言问题的孩子 a speech and language therapist言语和语言治疗师 After the stroke he had some difficulties with speech.中风后，他的言语出现了一些困难。 the development of speech in humans人类言语的发展 Symptoms may include visual and speech impairment.症状可能包括视觉和言语障碍。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective slurred clipped casual … speech + noun pattern style defect … preposition in speech phrases a figure of speech freedom of speech the power of speech … [uncountable] the way in which a particular person speaks说话方式 Her speech was slurred—she was clearly drunk.她说话含混不清，显然是喝醉了。 Clear speech with crisp consonant sounds is very important.说话清楚、辅音干脆是很重要的。 see also caretaker speech Extra Examples She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.从他含糊不清的言语中，她就知道他喝过酒。 She was slurring her speech.她说话含糊不清。 I find his speech very hard to understand.我觉得他的讲话很难理解。 I don't like it when people correct my speech.我不喜欢人们纠正我的言论。 His speech was incoherent, responding to questions that had not been asked.他的讲话语无伦次，只回答了没有被问到的问题。 In halting speech, she began to tell her story.她结结巴巴地开始讲述自己的故事。 She has a very idiosyncratic style of speech.她的说话风格非常独特。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective slurred clipped casual … speech + noun pattern style defect … preposition in speech phrases a figure of speech freedom of speech the power of speech … [countable] a group of lines that an actor speaks in a play in the theatre（戏剧中的）台词 She has the longest speech in the play.在这部剧中，她的台词最长。 Wordfinder comedy denouement dialogue drama dramatic irony play scene set soliloquy speech Wordfinder act cast drama entrance exit line play role scene speech Topics Film and theatreb1 see also figure of speech, part of speech Word OriginOld English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak.
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