| 词汇 | speak |
| 释义 | speak verb uk /spiːk/ us /spiːk/spoke | spoken speakverb (SAY WORDS)A1[ I or T ] to say words, to use the voice, or to have a conversation with someone: 说话，谈话;说 Would you mind speaking more slowly, please?请你再慢点说，好吗？ speak tomainly UK"Can I speak to Dan please?"“请问丹在吗？” speak withmainly US"Can I speak with Scott please?"“请问斯科特在吗？” "Speaking." (= This is Scott.)“我就是。” If he tells Julie what I said, I'll never speak to him again.如果他把我说的话告诉朱莉，我就再也不和他说话。 speak offormalShe spoke of her sadness over her father's death.她谈起了父亲过世带给她的悲伤。 speak highly ofShe speaks very highly of (= says good things about) the new director.她对新导演的评价很高。 speak forI can certainly come but I can't speak for my wife (= I can't tell you whether she can or not).我肯定能来，可我不能确定我妻子能不能来。 formalWho is going to speak for (= represent in a court of law) the accused?谁将为被告辩护？ speak for yourselfHe's old enough to speak for himself (= to say what he thinks).他已经到了能发表自己看法的年龄。 I went with Ava - speaking of (= on the subject of) Ava, have you seen her new haircut?我和艾娃一起去的——说起艾娃，你见过她的新发型了吗？ speaking of whichWe've been invited to Rachel and Jamie's wedding - speaking of which, did you know that they're moving to New York?我们应邀参加了雷切尔和杰米的婚礼——说起这个，你知道他们要搬到纽约去吗？ speak asSpeaking as (= with my experience as) a mother of four, I can tell you that children are exhausting.作为4个孩子的母亲，我可以这么说，孩子真会让人筋疲力尽。 speak with an accentSue speaks with an American accent.苏说话带美国口音。 speak in a whisperWhy are you speaking in a whisper (= very quietly)?你为什么说话这么小声？ speak a wordFor five whole minutes, neither of them spoke a word (= they both said nothing).足有5分钟的时间，他俩谁都没说话。 to talk to someone talkA group of men were talking in the street. speakCould I speak to you privately? sayI couldn't hear what they were saying. chatWe were just chatting about the party. have a chatWe had a little chat over the garden wall. chatterThey spent the morning chattering away. to talk about something talk aboutI don't like talking about my feelings. speak aboutHe is often asked to speak about the decline of global energy supplies. discussWe need to discuss arrangements for next week. talk overI need to talk it over with my wife before I accept the job. talk throughWe're used to talking things through, so we don't have many arguments. debateThe bill will be debated in parliament next week. broadly, historically, strictly, etc. speaking B2 talking from a particular point of view: （表示看问题的角度）大体上说／从历史的角度看／严格地说（等等） Historically speaking, the island is of great interest.从历史的角度说，那个岛很值得关注。 speak to someone to tell someone that they have done something wrong: 责备（某人）;告诫（某人） The manager promised that she would speak to the person responsible.经理答应说，她会告诫当事人的。 Choking back my anger, I tried to speak calmly.我强忍怒气，尽量平静地说话。 She cleared her throat nervously before she began to speak.她讲话前紧张地清了清嗓子。 Can I speak to you confidentially? "Can I speak to Isobel, please?" "She's still in bed. I'll just go and see if she's conscious yet." It is considered bad manners in some cultures to speak with your mouth full of food.在某些文化习俗中，说话时嘴里塞满食物被认为是不礼貌的。 Saying & uttering (your) every wordidiom add come out with something every fall from something find your voiceidiom get in in your own wordsidiom intone loud observe phrase quoth say spoken string talk senseidiom think verbalize volunteer speakverb (LANGUAGE)A1[ T ] to (be able to) talk in a language: （会）说，（会）讲（某种语言） He speaks fluent French.他法语说得很流利。 How many foreign languages do you speak?你会说几种外语？ speak a word ofI couldn't speak a word of (= I did not know any) Spanish when I got there.我初到那里的时候，一句西班牙语都不会说。 I couldn't figure out what language they were speaking.我无法理解他们说的是什么语言。 Unable to speak a word of the language, he communicated with his hands. They speak a language akin to French.他们说的是一种类似法语的语言。 Do you speak English?你会说英语吗？ I'd like to speak English fluently.我希望能说一口流利的英语。 Do you speak Swedish ?你说瑞典语吗？ Using other languages Anglocentric Anglocentrism bilingual education bilingualism bilinguality interpret machine translation misrender mistranslate mistranslation mother tongue multilingually natively rendering target language translator transliterate trilingual Waystage word for wordidiom speakverb (FORMAL TALK)B2[ I ] to give a formal talk to a group of people: 发言;讲话;演讲 Who is speaking in the debate tonight?今天晚上的辩论谁发言？ speak toThe Queen speaks to the nation on television every Christmas.每年圣诞节女王都会在电视上向全国发表讲话。 speak for/againstJanet is speaking for the motion (= trying to persuade the people listening that the idea is good) and Peter is speaking against (it) (= trying to persuade them that it is bad).珍妮特发言支持这项动议，而彼得却打算表示反对。 The audience clapped and cheered when she stood up to speak.她站起来讲话时，观众们鼓掌欢呼。 I've deputed Lara Brown to speak for me at the conference.我已委托劳拉‧布朗代表我在会上发言。 They invited her to speak especially because of her experience in inner cities.他们邀请她来发言，主要是因为她有在旧城区生活的经历。 There was loud jeering from the opposition parties when the prime minister stood up to speak. He didn't want to be involved in the organization of the conference, although he was willing to attend and speak. Lecturing & addressing call for papers CFP co-present deliver a speech eunoia floor jawbone maiden speech monologue onto oratory presentation public speaking sermon sermonize slide speaking speech speechify talk at someone speakverb (SUGGEST)[ I+ adv/prep, T ]literary to show or express something without using words: （不用言语）表明，显示 She was silent, but her eyes spoke her real feelings for him.她没有说话，不过她的眼神流露出了对他的真实感情。 speak ofThe whole robbery spoke of (= made it seem that there had been) inside knowledge on the part of the criminals.整个抢劫事件表明罪犯掌握了内情。 Showing and demonstrating act out attest bespeak breastbeating bring indicate mark something out masterclass ostensive ostensively outlet point (something/someone) out reflect reveal trace unproved unproven unveil unwrap vent GrammarSpeak or talk? The verbs speak and talk both generally mean ‘say words’, but there are some small differences in how they are used. Speak is more formal than talk. … Speak and talk: uses The verbs speak and talk both generally mean ‘say words’, but there are some small differences in how they are used. Speak is more formal than talk. … Speak and talk with prepositions We usually use to after speak and talk. In more formal situations, people sometimes use with: … Idiomsbe on speaking terms none to speak of not be on speaking terms so to speak speak someone's language speak your mind speak for yourself speak too soon speak to someone speak volumes speak when you're spoken to! speaks for itself Phrasal verbsspeak out/up speak to something speak up speak up for someone/something -speak suffix informal mainly disapprovinguk / -spiːk/ us / -spiːk/ used to form nouns to mean the special language used in a particular subject area or business: （用于构成名词，指某一领域或行业的特殊用语）…术语，…行话 computer-speak计算机术语 marketing-speak营销术语 Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant colloquialism demotic jargon jargonistic journalese legalese lingua franca patois pidgin pidginization pidginize plain English psychobabble shibboleth vernacular vernacularly speak | American Dictionaryspeak verb us/spik/past tensespokeus/spoʊk/ | past participlespokenus/ˈspoʊ·kən/ speakverb (SAY WORDS)[ I/T ] to say words, to use the voice, or to have a conversation with someone: [ I ]I heard someone speaking in the hallway. [ I ]Please speak louder. [ I ]"I’ll never speak to you again," he said angrily. [ T ]No one spoke a word (= No one said anything). [ I ]She spoke in a whisper (= very quietly). [ I/T ] Speaking is used with adverbs ending in -ly to show that you are talking from a particular point of view: [ I ]Generally speaking, this is what happens when you see a nutritionist. speakverb (KNOW A LANGUAGE)[ T ] to talk in a language: How many languages do you speak? He speaks fluent Italian. When I arrived in Canada, I didn’t speak a word of English (= I did not know any English). speakverb (FORMAL TALK)[ I ] to give a formal talk: Will you be speaking at the conference? Ted will speak about careers in education. speakverb (SUGGEST)[ I/T ] to show or express something without using words: [ Ialways+ adv/prep ]The incident spoke of shady financial dealings between the partners. [ T ]Her face spoke volumes (= showed clearly what she thought). Idiomsspeak for yourself on speaking terms speaking as someone speaking of someone/something something speaks for itself speak too soon no something to speak of Phrasal verbsspeak for someone speak out speak up speak up speak up for someone/something -speak | Business English-speak suffix the special language used in a particular subject area or business: business-speak management-speak Examples of speakspeak Even the ruthless radicalism with which the lovers embrace and pursue their passion to the exclusion of all else speaks to the new, harsher spirit. More than this, they show how literature sounds, how what is written and what is spoken are themselves informed and organised by music and noise. Generally speaking, a dorsalization process based on increased activity of dorsal-inducing factors may not help discriminate between the different hypotheses of homology of the isocortex. Generally speaking, specific rules (rules with high cardinality) are supersets of some general rules and cover smaller numbers of training objects. On the one hand, many millhands spoke and acted with force, even violence, against owners and supervisors. Through this frame we look at the ' objective content ' made up by the grounded clause, which is strictly speaking not ' about ' the present as such. Without speaking directly to one another, they provide an instructive study of antithetical positions on freedoms of expression. The little boy is speaking to a policeman. In the latter, such factors as lexical access, automaticity, grammatical competence, topic familiarity, and vocabulary knowledge may all influence speaking rate. The relationship between signed and spoken languages is a central concern here. The words spoken may or may not be an important part of the whole display. An amodal property is not an intermodal relationship strictly speaking. Very generally speaking, it is to enable the knowledge and exercise of sensorimotor contingencies. The person who tells these tales, she hasn't ever seen with her own eyes the events about which she speaks. The division of small tribes from larger ones - is spoken of as ukudabuka. See all examples of speak These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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