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- an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university（尤指大学的）讲座, 讲课。
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- a long serious speech, especially one given as a scolding or reprimand冗长、严肃的讲话; （尤指）训词：
the usual lecture on table manners.
关于餐桌礼仪的听惯了的训词。
no obj.
1- deliver an educational lecture or lectures讲课, 做讲座：
he was lecturing at the University of Birmingham.
他在伯明翰大学讲课。
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- with obj. give a lecture to (a class or other audience)给（学生或其他听众）做讲座：
he was lecturing future generations of health-service professionals.
他在给未来的公共医疗专业工作者作讲座。
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- with obj. talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone)告诫, 责备：
I do not wish to be lectured about smoking.
我不想听有关吸烟的训话。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'reading， a text to read'）： from Old French， or from medieval Latin lectura, from Latin lect-'read， chosen'， from the verb legere.