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speak/spiːk//spiːk/ ★★★★★v. - speaks
- speaking
- spoke
- spoken
vi- ① 说话;讲
- A cat cannot speak.猫不会说话。
- Would you please speak more clearly?请你把话讲清楚一点好吗?
- ② 谈话;谈论
- (This is) Tom speaking.(电话中)我是汤姆。
- Speaking personally, I'm in favor of the plan.就个人来说,我赞成那项计划。
- strictly [roughly, generally, frankly, legally] speaking严格地[大略地、一般地、坦白地、从法律上来]说
- I'll speak to [with] her about [on] the wedding.关于婚礼我会跟她谈。
- Is this the book you spoke of the other day?你日前谈到的是这本书吗?
- He is often spoken of as a hero.他常常被说成一名英雄。
- ③ 演说
- He spoke (for) an hour.他讲了一小时。
- She does not like to speak in public.她不喜欢对大众演说。
- ④ 表达事实(或意见、思想等)
- Actions speak louder than words.【谚】行动比言词更能表达意思;事实胜于雄辩。
- This portrait speaks.这幅画像栩栩如生(好像要说话似地)。
- ⑤ (乐器、风、砲等)鸣响;(狗)吠叫
- The guns spoke.枪砲发出巨响。
- The dog spoke for candy.狗汪汪叫要糖果。
vt- ① 说(语言);讲;通晓
- She speaks fluent English.她说着一口流利的英语。
- She speaks five languages.她会说五种语言。
- What language do they speak in Switzerland?在瑞士讲什么语?
- Does anyone here speak Russian?这里有人会说俄语吗?
- ② 1(跟某人)说话<to>2说出;道出;传达
- He was so angry that he could hardly speak a word.他气得几乎说不出话来。
- No one spoke a word to him.没有人跟他说过话。
- speak the truth说出真相;说实话
字辨speak, talk: 二字虽可照同义使用,但speak常指对大的群众作较正式的演说或演讲,而talk多意味个人之间随便一点的谈天 converse: 指两个以上的人谈话,以便交换意见或消息 discourse: 指对某问题作详细的或广泛的谈论,为较正式的用语 词族- speakern.演说者
- speechn.说话(能力)
短语- not [nothing] to speak of
- ① 更不待言,更不用提(=to say nothing of)
- She knows Russian and German, not to speak of English.她懂俄语和德语,英语更不用提了。
- so to speak
- He is, so to speak, a bird with broken wings.他可以说是一只折翼的鸟。
- The horse is, so to speak, a member of the farming family.那匹马可以说是该农家的一分子。
- speak against ...
- speak for ...
- ① 为…说情;代表…;为…辩护;证明…;订购…;申请…;要求…
- speak for itself [themselves]
- These statistics speak for themselves.这些统计数字[数据]本身自明。
- speak for oneself
- ① 自明;替自己辩护;只提自己的事;言明自己的想法
- speaking for myself就我个人而论
- speak nothing of ...
- speak out
- She was afraid to speak out.她不敢公然表达她的想法。
- He was the only one to speak out on the subject [against the plan].他是唯一敢无所顾忌地谈论该问题[表明反对该计划]的人。
- speak to ...
- ① 向…说话;和…谈
- ② (在会议等)谈到…
- ③ 【婉言】申斥;告诫
- ④ 【口】(事物)吸引(某人),引起(某人的)兴趣
- Wagner's music speaks to me.华格纳的音乐吸引我。
- speak up
- Please speak up; I can't hear you clearly.请说大声一点;我听不清楚你所说的话。
- speak up for a person
- It's time to speak up for the refugees.现在是为那些难民仗义执言的时候了。
- speak well [ill] of ...
- ① 讲…的好话[坏话](★可用被动式,其形式为be spoken well of ... [be spoken ill of ...])
- Don't speak ill of others.别说他人的坏话。
- She always speaks well of others.她总是说别人的好话。
- She's spoken well of by everybody.人人都说她的好话。
- speak well for ...
- Tom's work speaks well for him.汤姆的工作证明他能干。
- speaking of ...
- Speaking of poetry, do you like Shakespeare's sonnets?说到诗,你喜欢莎士比亚的十四行诗吗?
- to speak of
- That's nothing to speak of.那不值得一提(小事一件)。
- She has no talent to speak of.她无才能可言。
同义词- conversev.谈话
- declarev.宣布
- disclosev.透露
- expressv.表达
- lecturev.演说
- preachv.讲道
- pronouncev.断言
- revealv.揭露
- sayv.说
- suggestv.提议
- utterv.发言
- address
- bespeak
- chat
- confab
- confabulate
- discourse
- prelect
- represent
- stand for
- talk
- verbalize
- visit
- vocalize
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