| [/spiːtʃ; spitʃ/] n 用法:
1 [U] (a) power or act of speaking 说话的能力; 说话:
Man is the only animal that has the faculty of speech. 人类是唯一有说话能力的动物. *
We can express our thoughts by speech. 我们能以说话的方式表达思想. *
His illness left him without the power of speech. 他病後丧失了说话能力. *
freedom of speech, ie freedom to say openly in public what one thinks, eg on social and political questions 言论自由.
(b) manner or way of speaking 说话的方式:
His indistinct speech made it impossible to understand him. 他口齿不清, 无法听懂他的意思. *
She's doing a study of children's speech. 她正在研究儿童说话现象. *
His speech was slurred:
he'd clearly been drinking. 他说话含混不清, 显然喝了酒了. 用法:
2 [C] (a) ~ (on/about sth) formal talk given to an audience 讲话; 发言; 演说:
make/deliver/give a speech 发言 *
a speech on/about racism 关於种族主义的讲话 *
He made a very boring after-dinner speech. 他在宴会後的讲话很枯燥.
(b) (usu long) group of lines to be spoken by an actor in a play （通常指长的）台词:
I've got some very long speeches to learn in Act 2. 第2幕中我有些大段台词要记. |