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Speech Give Express Thoughts Ability N Uncount 不可数名词 Make

英语单词 speech
英美音标 英 [spiːtʃ] 美 [spiːtʃ]
中文释义 n.演说;演讲;言语;语言能力
英语例句 (1) The mayor made a speech at the opening.
(2) The speaker will soon wind up his speech.
(3) I had to give a speech to the press club.
(4) He closed his speech with a funny joke.
(5) We express our thoughts by speech.
(6) He had lost the power of speech.
(7) Only human beings are capable of speech.
中文例句 (1) 市长在开幕式上发表了演说。
(2) 演说者就要结束他的讲话了。
(3) 我得向记者俱乐部发表演说。
(4) 他用一则有趣的笑话结束了演讲。
(5) 我们用言语表达思想。
(6) 他丧失了语言能力。
(7) 只有人类才具有说话的能力。
vocabulary简明 When you say something out loud, that's speech. When you give a speech, you say a lot of things in front of a group. Maybe you should open with a joke?
vocabulary扩展 The ability to produce and understand speech in complex ways has long been considered part of what separates humans from other animals. "Freedom of speech" is the right to express your thoughts and opinions publicly. Adjectives, nouns and verbs are "parts of speech." By the way: speech is a noun.
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]说话能力;说话;言语 Speech is the ability to speak or the act of speaking.
  • ...the development of speech in children...

    儿童言语能力的发展

  • Intoxication interferes with speech and coordination.

    醉酒会影响言语能力和协调性。

  • ...a speech therapist specialising in stammering.

    专治口吃的言语矫治师

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[N-SING 单数名词]说话方式;言谈 Your speech is the way in which you speak.
  [usu poss N]
  • His speech became increasingly thick and nasal...

    他说话的声音变得越来越粗,鼻音越来越重。

  • I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.

    我会拿她的衣着开玩笑,并模仿她说话。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]口语,言语(与书面语相对而言) Speech is spoken language.
  • He could imitate in speech or writing most of those he admired.

    他能模仿大多数自己崇拜的偶像的讲话和写作风格。

  • ...the way common letter clusters are usually pronounced in speech.

    普通字母组合在口语中的常见读法

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]演说;演讲;讲话;致辞 A speech is a formal talk which someone gives to an audience.
  • 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。

  • He delivered his speech in French.

    他用法语发表演说。

  • ...a dramatic resignation speech.

    一场情绪激昂的辞职演说

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](演员的)台词 A speech is a group of lines spoken by a character in a play.
  • ...the hilarious speech from Alan Bennett's 'Forty Years On'.

    艾伦·贝内特的《弹指四十年》中的一段非常有趣的台词

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See also:
direct speech
figure of speech
indirect speech
maiden speech
part of speech
reported speech

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