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| 1 | C/U the sounds someone makes when they speak 说话声；嗓音 |
| A female voice answered the phone. 接电话的是个女子的声音。 |
| We could hear voices in the next apartment. 我们可以听到隔壁公寓里的说话声。 |
| He tried to keep the irritation out of his voice. 他力图不使自己的声音流露出愤怒。 |
| a man with a deep/soft/loud voice 声音低沉/柔和/很大的男士 |
| in a ... voice The woman at the desk greeted him in a bored voice. 那张桌子旁边的女人用厌倦的声音跟他打招呼。 |
| raise your voice (=speak louder, especially because you are angry) The children were very well-behaved, and I never had to raise my voice. （尤指因愤怒而）提高嗓门说话 |
| at the top of your voice (=as loudly as possible) She started screaming at the top of her voice. 尽可能高声地 |
| tone of voice (=the aspect of your voice that shows how you feel) I knew from his tone of voice that he was extremely annoyed. 语气；口吻 |
| in sb’ s voice (=when someone’ s attitude or feelings are shown in the way they speak) Phillips called back later, and this time there was real irritation in his voice. 在某人的语气里 |
| | 1a | U someone’ s ability to speak 说话能力 | | lose your voice I have a cold – I think I’ m losing my voice. 我感冒了，我觉得嗓子都快要发不出声了。 | |
| | 1b | C/U someone’ s ability to sing 唱歌才能 | | My father had a fine bass voice. 我父亲唱男低音很棒。 | | be in good/fine voice (=be singing well) You’ re in good voice tonight! 唱得很好的 | |
| | 1c | C one of the singers in a piece of classical music （古典音乐中的）歌唱家 | | an arrangement for piano and four voices 改编成钢琴伴奏四重唱的歌曲 | |
| | 1d | used for telling someone to be quiet 不要说话；安静些 | | Could you keep your voices down? I’ m trying to read. 你能安静些吗？我想要看书。 | |
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| 2 | singular the right or opportunity to express your opinions and influence what happens 发言权；发言的机会 |
| The apartheid system left the majority of the population without a political voice. 种族隔离制度让大多数人没有政治发言权。 |
| have a voice (in sth) Parents should have a voice in any changes to the school curriculum. 家长对学校总课程的任何变化应该有发言权。 |
| give voice to sth (=express something publicly) Her article gave voice to the anger felt by many local people. 公开表达某事 |
| | 2a | C the opinion of a person or group 观点；看法 | | +of The voice of ordinary party members was rarely listened to. 普通党员的意见很少得到倾听。 | | make your voice heard (=make sure that your opinion is known to others) Anti-capitalist groups used street protests as a way of making their voices heard. 使他人听到自己的意见 | |
| | 2b | used for saying that all the members of a group have the same opinion 观点一致 | | All twelve farmers’ organizations spoke with one voice. 所有的12个农民组织全都观点一致。 | |
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| 3 | singular a person , newspaper , organization etc that expresses a particular idea or represents the opinions of a particular group 代言人，喉舌（如人、报纸、组织等） |
| The paper sees itself as the authentic voice of Middle England. 这家报纸把自己看作是英格兰中部地区真正的代言人。 |
| voice of reason/authority/experience etc The senator has long been a voice of reason on this issue. 这位参议员长期以来一直对这个问题发表理性的看法。 |
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| 4 | C formal the individual , personal style of a particular writer （作家的）个人风格 |
| Anna finally found her voice as a writer. 安娜终于发现了自己作为作家的个人风格。 |
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| 5 | C linguistics the form of a verb that shows whether the subject of the verb does the action (the active voice) or whether the action is done to it (the passive voice) 语态 |
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| - | sb likes the sound of their own voice spoken
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| used for saying that someone thinks their opinions are more important than anyone else’ s |
| 某人认为自己的意见最重要 |
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| - | sb’ s voice breaks
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| when a boy’ s voice breaks, it becomes deeper as he becomes a man |
| （男孩长大成人时）变声 |
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| Words frequently used with voice | | voice 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | clear, deep, firm, flat, gentle, gruff, harsh, high, hoarse, husky, loud, low, quiet, shaky, shrill, soft, strident, | 1 | | | |
| See also | | - voice of america | |
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