seminar

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a talk
talkShe will give a talk on keeping kids safe on the internet.
lectureThe lecture is entitled "War and the Modern American Presidency".
presentationWe were given a presentation of progress made to date.
speechYou might have to make a speech when you accept the award.
addressHe took the oath of office then delivered his inaugural address.
orationIt was to become one of the most famous orations in American history.
an angry or serious talk given to someone in order to criticize their behaviour: 教训，训斥，斥责
My dad gave me a lecture on the evils of alcohol last night.昨天晚上爸爸教训了我一顿，给我讲了酒的危害。
At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups.讲座结束后，我想让所有学生分成几个讨论小组。
I couldn't help drifting off in the middle of that lecture - it was so boring!我在听讲座的过程中不知不觉地睡着了——这个讲座太乏味了！
I got the fidgets halfway through the lecture.演讲听到中途我就坐不住了。
His lecture was complicated and difficult to follow.他的讲座复杂又难懂。
I didn't gather much from his lecture.

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Classes & courses
academic year
access course
advanced
Advanced Placement
asynchronous
field trip
foundation course
grade retention
grind
homework
HyFlex
immersion course
non-class
non-degree
on a course
open admissions
the national curriculum
visual aid
work placement
workshop

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Lecturing & addressing
lecture
verb
uk /ˈlek.tʃər/ us /ˈlek.tʃɚ/
C2[ I ]
to give a formal talk to a group of people, often at a college or university: （常指在大学里）讲课，讲授
For ten years she lectured in law.她教了10年的法律课。
She travelled widely in North America, lecturing on women's rights.她到北美各地宣讲妇女的权利。
[ T ]
to talk angrily or seriously to someone in order to criticize their behaviour: 教训，训斥，斥责
His parents used to lecture him on his table manners.以前他的父母经常批评他的餐桌礼仪。

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Lecturing & addressing
call for papers
CFP
co-present
deliver a speech
eunoia
floor
jawbone
maiden speech
monologue
onto
oratory
presentation
public speaking
sermon
sermonize
speak
speaking
speech
speechify
talk at someone

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Chastising & rebuking
Talking angrily

lecture | American Dictionary

lecture
noun[ C ]
us/ˈlek·tʃər/

lecturenoun[C] (FORMAL TALK)

a formal, prepared talk given to a group of people, esp. students:
a lecture on astronomy

lecturenoun[C] (CRITICISM)

a serious talk given to criticize someone or give someone advice:
She gave him a lecture about his table manners.

lecturer

noun[ C ]us/ˈlek·tʃər·ər/
lecture
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈlek·tʃər/

lectureverb[I/T] (TALK FORMALLY)

to give a formal, prepared talk to a group of people, esp. students:
[ I ]She’s lecturing on the geology of the region.

lectureverb[I/T] (CRITICIZE)

to give someone a serious talk to criticize or give advice to that person:
[ T ]He lectured me on the need to keep accurate records.

Examples of lecture

lecture
Two (one hour) lectures a week are used for teaching programming.
As with all expanded lectures, it suffers from unevenness of extrapolation, or even over-elaboration.
His lectures were ordered and delivered with precise timing.
She was a devoted teacher and spent an enormous amount of time and effort preparing laboratory classes and lectures.
She might advise younger writers, prepare revised editions of her books, lecture at university campuses, and so forth.
Question and answer sessions were dominated by astrobiology themes; between the two visits over 450 persons attended the lectures.
But what seems apparent from other writings is that the inaugural lecture was something of an exception in this respect.
All have centres that organize seminars, film screenings, lectures, and international exchanges with fellow artists and intellectuals.
He mentions it in his articles and his lectures.
He studied history and philosophy and lectured on logic, philosophy, ethics, psychology, and sociology.
The lectures were apparently subjected to little revision in the transcription process other than adjustments to compensate for the lack of aural illustration.
The lectures articulate deep fears for the prospects for empirical economics.
In addition, other outreach programmes are limited to single days in the year or a monthly public lecture, and are not accredited courses.
He signaled the most important of these in a public lecture given shortly before its serialization concluded.
In these lectures he sharply criticized accepted views of mathematics and physics.
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