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IELTS BNC: 1119 COCA: 1100

speech

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Related topics: Linguistics, Theatre
speech /spiːtʃ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  
1  [countableC]TALK/MAKE A SPEECH a talk, especially a formal one about a particular subject, given to a group of people 演说，演讲
make/give/deliver a speech
 Each child had to give a short speech to the rest of the class.
每个孩子都必须在全班同学面前作一个简短的演讲。
 He has to make a lot of after-dinner speeches.
他经常要发表席后演说。
speech on/about
 a major speech on relations with China
关于对华关系的一次重要讲话
 Collins gave the keynote speech (=most important speech).
科林斯作了主题发言。
2  [uncountableU]SPEAK A LANGUAGE the ability to speak 说话的能力
 Only humans are capable of speech.
只有人类才具备说话能力。
3  [uncountableU]SLSPEAK A LANGUAGE spoken language rather than written language 口语
 In speech we use a smaller vocabulary than in writing.
口语使用的词汇量比书面语使用的少。
4  [uncountableU]SLSPEAK A LANGUAGE the particular way in which someone speaks 〔某人的〕说话方式
 Bob’s speech was slurred, and he sounded drunk.
鲍勃说话含糊不清，听起来像是喝醉了酒。
5  [countableC]APT a set of lines that an actor must say in a play 〔演员的〕台词
 Hamlet’s longest speech
哈姆雷特最长的那段台词
→ direct speech, figure of speech, indirect speech, part of speech, reported speech, → speech bubble at bubble1(4), → freedom of speech at freedom(1)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
give/make a speech
She gave a speech at the party conference.
deliver a speech formal
The president delivered a major speech to Congress yesterday.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + speech
long
The speeches were all really long.
short/brief
The chairman opened the meeting with a brief speech.
a passionate/impassioned speech (=full of strong feeling)
She made impassioned speeches on civil rights.
an emotional speech (=showing emotions, especially by crying)
On retiring, she delivered an emotional farewell speech.
a moving speech (=making people feel strong emotions)
That was a very moving speech.
a powerful speech (=having a strong effect on people’s opinions)
He gave a powerful speech calling for unity.
a rousing/stirring speech (=making people feel excited and eager to do something)
Thousands of people were inspired by his stirring speeches.
a major speech (=very important)
This was her first major speech as party leader.
somebody’s inaugural speech (=their first one in an important political job)
He said all the right things in his inaugural speech.
somebody’s acceptance speech (=when they accept a political job, a prize, or an award)
In his acceptance speech, he paid tribute to his wife.
a farewell speech (=by someone who is leaving)
an after-dinner speech (=after a formal dinner)
He gets paid a lot for making after-dinner speeches.
a keynote speech (=the most important one at an event)
The prime minister will make his keynote speech at the conference today.
a political speech
She began writing political speeches for local politicians.
a campaign speech (=given during a political campaign)
Eisenhower was careful in his campaign speeches to use only the vaguest of phrases.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘do a speech’. Say give a speech or make a speech.
 THESAURUS
speech a talk, especially a formal one about a particular subject, given to a group of people 〔尤指在众人面前发表的正式〕演说,演讲
The bridegroom usually makes a speech after the wedding.
新郎通常会在婚礼后讲话。
In her speech, she proposed major changes to the welfare system.
她在演说中提议对福利制度进行重大改革。
nthe opening speech of the conference
address formal a speech that a very important person gives to a large group of people 〔要人发表的〕致辞,演说
the president’s address to the nation
总统向全国人民的致辞
nHe was surrounded by security officers as he made his address.
talk an occasion when someone speaks to a group of people giving them information about a particular subject or about their experiences 〔关于某个主题或个人经历的〕讲话,讲座
I went to an interesting talk on the wildlife of Antarctica.
我去听了一个有关南极洲野生动植物的有趣讲座。
He’s been asked to give a talk about his trip to India.
他被邀请去讲他的印度之行。
lecture a talk, especially on an academic subject and given to students in a university 〔尤指大学里举办的学术方面的〕讲座
a lecture on 17th-century French literature
17 世纪法国文学讲座
Professor Black is giving the lecture.
讲座由布莱克教授主讲。
presentation a talk in which you describe or explain a new product or idea, especially one you give for your company 〔新产品或观点等的〕说明,介绍,陈述
I had to give a presentation to the board of directors.
我不得不向董事会作了介绍。
nHe's making a presentation to the management of a well-known manufacturing company.
sermon a talk given by a priest or a religious leader 布道,讲道
The vicar preached a sermon about the need for forgiveness.
牧师布道宣讲了宽恕的重要性。
statement a spoken or written announcement that someone makes in public, often to journalists 〔常向新闻记者作的〕声明,陈述
The minister issued a short statement in which he said he had no plans to resign.
部长发表了一个简短声明,说他没有辞职打算。
Examples from the Corpus
speech• For him, it was a speech.• Because of its application to both speech and writing it has helped to obscure the difference between the two.• The left side of the brain controls speech.• In her speech, Bauer proposed major changes in the welfare system.• She left early to write her speech for the next day.• Her speech was slow and distinct.• His speech was slurred and he was having trouble standing straight.• And there had to be freedom of speech and publication, for without these the freedom of association is of no use.• His deafness was a severe handicap in an assembly where quickness of hearing and readiness of speech were essential.• The most significant aspect of my hon. Friend's speech was the reference to his predecessor, George Buckley.• The senator's speech on farm subsidies did not attract a large audience.• To start with, the governor made a short speech welcoming the visiting dignitaries.• Natalie was born with a slight speech impediment.• What you hear will incorporate high-fidelity sound, speech synthesis, and speech recognition.• Ingram reported that for children with phonological disorders, imitation tasks lead to fewer errors compared to spontaneous speech.• Only when the speech had turned Jeffries into a disastrous image problem had the university acted.• a wedding speech
speech on/about• In a speech on Dec. 1 Moi warned of interference by Western countries, which he accused of bias.• Meredith made a speech about the civic pride the city took in its repertory company, and the importance of the drama.• He became irregular in his sobriety and would launch into disconnected, hortatory speeches about such matters as space exploration.• In the midst of his Abdication preoccupations Baldwin made one major speech on another subject.• Then he launched into a twenty-minute speech on... import quotas.• Yet there was not even a hint of valediction in last week's speech on Capitol Hill.
Origin speech
Old English spræc, spæc
speech noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1
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IELTS BNC: 1119 COCA: 1100
speech

noun¹

 1speaking講話ADJECTIVE | SPEECH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤slurred含糊的話語◇She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.從他含糊不清的言語中，她就知道他喝過酒。➤clipped清脆快速的言談▸➤casual隨意說出的話▸➤connected, continuous, fluent連貫的／連續的／流暢的話語▸➤natural, normal, ordinary自然的／正常的／平常的說話方式▸➤spontaneous脫口而出的話語▸➤direct直接引語▸➤indirect, reported間接／轉述引語▸➤free自由言論◇The demonstrators were demanding free speech.示威者要求享有言論自由。➤hate, hateful (especially NAmE) 仇恨言論◇racist hate speech種族仇恨言論➤conversational, everyday會話／日常語言▸➤children's, human, etc.兒童、人類等語言SPEECH + NOUN➤pattern, style語言模式／風格◇He learned to successfully mimic American speech patterns.他學會了維妙維肖地模仿美國人說話。➤defect, impairment, impediment語言缺陷；語言能力受損；言語障礙▸➤therapist, therapy言語治療師；語音治療▸➤community (technical術語) 語言社區◇The members of a speech community share many cultural attitudes.屬於同一個語言社區的人在文化態度上有許多相似點。➤recognition語音識別◇These computers are capable of speech recognition.這些計算機具有語音識別能力。➤code (especially NAmE) 語言規則◇Speech codes have been instituted by some universities (= to stop language that is sexist, racist, etc.).有些大學已經制訂了語言規範。➤act (technical術語) 言語行為➤marks (especially BrE) 引號◇The author's punctuation goes outside speech marks.作者的標點標在引號外。PREPOSITION➤in speech在講話中◇the use of language in everyday speech日常話語中的語言使用◇Certain grammatical rules must be followed when describing a conversation in reported speech.用轉述引語描述對話時必須遵循一定的語法規則。PHRASES➤a figure of speech修辭格◇When we say we're 'dead tired', it's just a figure of speech.當我們說“累死了”的時候，只是一種修辭方式。➤freedom of speech言論自由◇the right of / to freedom of speech言論自由的權利➤the power of speech語言能力◇He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.那次事故之後他暫時失去了語言能力。
speech

noun²

 2formal talk正式講話ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPEECH | SPEECH + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤brief, little, short簡短的演講；短短的發言▸➤interminable, long, long-winded, rambling冗長的演講；不切題的講話▸➤keynote, major主題發言；重要講話▸➤eloquent, excellent, good雄辯的／出色的／精彩的演講▸➤emotional, impassioned, rousing, stirring動情的／激昂的／令人振奮的／激動人心的演說▸➤boring乏味的演講▸➤impromptu即席演講▸➤public公開演說▸➤televised電視講話▸➤political政治演說➤presidential總統演講➤campaign, conference, convention, floor, stump (NAmE) 競選演講；會議發言；議會演講；競選巡迴演說◇a Senate floor speech參議院演講◇The candidates gave their standard stump speeches.各位候選人按例行程序作了巡迴演講。➤Budget, inaugural, policy, State of the Union (NAmE) 預算案講話；就職演說；政策性講話；國情咨文報告◇George Washington's inaugural speech喬治・華盛頓的就職演說◇the Chancellor's Budget speech財政大臣的預算報告◇a foreign policy speech delivered by the president總統的外交政策報告◇President Bush delivered his 2004 State of the Union speech.布什總統作了 2004 年的國情咨文報告。➤acceptance, concession, farewell, resignation, victory獲獎感言；敗選演講；告別演講；辭職演講；獲勝演講◇The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech.獲勝者發表了動情的獲獎感言。➤maiden (especially BrE) （尤指議員在下議院發表的）首次演說◇her maiden speech in the House of Commons她在下議院的首次演說➤commencement, opening畢業演講；開幕詞◇He delivered the commencement speech at Notre Dame University.他在聖母大學畢業典禮上發表演講。➤closing (especially BrE) 閉幕詞▸➤after-dinner (especially BrE) 宴會後致辭VERB + SPEECH➤deliver, give, make, read發表演說；作演講；宣讀講話◇The President will deliver a major foreign-policy speech to the United Nations.總統將向聯合國就外交政策作重要講話。➤broadcast廣播講話◇His speech was broadcast on national radio.他的講話在國家電台播出。➤write寫演說稿SPEECH + NOUN➤writer (usually speech-writer) 演講稿撰寫人◇the Prime Minister's speech-writers總理的講稿撰寫人PREPOSITION➤in a/the speech在演講中▸➤speech about, speech on關於⋯的演講◇She gave a speech on the economy.她作了一次關於經濟問題的演講。◇She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.她作了一次關於改善失業人員狀況的激動人心的競選演講。➤speech to對⋯的演講◇He delivered his final speech to Congress.他向國會作了最終發言。◇In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.在對下院所作的演講中，她勾勒出自己對 21 世紀英國的展望。
IELTS BNC: 1119 COCA: 1100
speech noun
⇨ speech (an acceptance speech) ⇨ voice (slurred speech)speech

noun

speech ♦︎ lecture ♦︎ address ♦︎ talk ♦︎ sermonThese are all words for a talk given to an audience. 这些词均表示演说、讲座、发言。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a long / short speech / lecture / address / talk / sermon◆a public speech / lecture / address / talk◆a / an inaugural / farewell / keynote speech / lecture / address◆a formal speech / lecture / talk◆an informal lecture / talk◆to give / deliver a speech / a lecture / an address / a talk / a sermon◆to hear a speech / a lecture / an address / a talk / a sermon◆to attend / go to a lecture / talk◆to write / prepare a speech / a lecture / an address / a talk / a sermon■ speech [countable] a formal talk given to an audience 演说；讲话；发言◆Several people made speeches at the wedding.有几个人在婚礼上讲了话。■ lecture [countable] a talk given to a group of people to tell them about a particular subject, often as part of a course of study 讲座；讲课；演讲◆He gave a very interesting and informative lecture on the Roman army.他以古罗马军队为题作了一次既饶有趣味又能长见识的讲座。◆a series of lectures系列讲座◆a lecture room / hall演讲室；演讲厅◆ (BrE) a lecture theatre阶梯教室   see also lecture ⇨ teach verb ■ address [countable] a formal speech given to an audience 演说；演讲◆a televised presidential address总统的电视演讲NOTE 辨析 Speech or address?A speech can be given on a public or private occasion; an address is always public. * speech可在公开场合或私人场合进行，address则总是在公开场合◆He gave an address at the wedding. ■ talk [countable] a fairly informal session in which sb tells a group of people about a subject （专题）报告，演讲◆She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.她作了一次有趣的访华报告。■ sermon [countable] a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a religious leader during a service 布道；讲道◆He preached a long sermon against the war.他作了一次长篇的反战布道。
IELTS BNC: 1119 COCA: 1100

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