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单词 speech
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speech

noun
 
/spiːtʃ/
/spiːtʃ/
Word Family
  • speak verb
  • speaker noun
  • speech noun
  • spoken adjective (≠ unspoken)
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  1.  
    [countable] a formal talk that a person gives to an audience
    • Several people made speeches at the wedding.
    • She gave a rousing speech to the crowd.
    • speech on something to deliver a speech on human rights
    • speech about something He inspired everyone with a moving speech about tolerance and respect.
    • in a speech In his acceptance speech, the actor thanked his family.
    Synonyms speechspeech
    • lecture
    • address
    • talk
    • sermon
    These are all words for a talk given to an audience.
    • speech a formal talk given to an audience:
      • Several people made speeches at the wedding.
    • lecture a talk given to a group of people to tell them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course:
      • a lecture on the Roman army
      • a course/​series of lectures
    • address a formal speech given to an audience:
      • a televised presidential address
    speech or address?A speech can be given on a public or private occasion; an address is always public: He gave an address at the wedding.
    • talk a fairly informal session in which somebody tells a group of people about a subject:
      • She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.
    • sermon a talk on a moral or religious subject, usually given by a religious leader during a service:
      • to preach a sermon
    Patterns
    • a long/​short speech/​lecture/​address/​talk/​sermon
    • a keynote speech/​lecture/​address
    • to write/​prepare/​give/​deliver/​hear a(n) speech/​lecture/​address/​talk/​sermon
    • to attend/​go to a lecture/​talk
    Extra Examples
    • George Washington's inaugural speech
    • He made a speech about workers of the world uniting.
    • In a speech given last month, she hinted she would run for office.
    • She delivered the keynote speech (= main general speech) at the conference.
    • He wrote her party conference speech.
    • His 20-minute speech was interrupted several times by booing.
    • Her comments came ahead of a speech she will deliver on Thursday to business leaders.
    • She concluded her speech by thanking the audience.
    • He gave an impassioned speech broadcast nationwide.
    • We heard a speech by the author.
    • This is very unexpected—I haven't prepared a speech.
    • The guest speaker is ill so I have to do the opening speech.
    • He read his speech from a prompter.
    • the farewell speech given by George Washington
    • He made the comments in a nationally televised speech.
    • During his victory speech the President paid tribute to his defeated opponent.
    • In his concession speech, he urged his supporters to try to work with Republicans.
    • The Prime Minister addressed the nation in a televised speech.
    • He delivered his final speech to Congress.
    • He delivered the commencement speech at Notre Dame University.
    • His speech was broadcast on national radio.
    • In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.
    • President Bush delivered his 2004 State of the Union speech.
    • She gave a speech on the economy.
    • She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.
    • The President will deliver a major foreign-policy speech to the United Nations.
    • The candidates gave their standard stump speeches (= political campaign speeches).
    • The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech.
    • a Senate floor speech
    • her maiden speech (= her first) in the House of Commons
    • the Chancellor's Budget speech
    • the Prime Minister's speech-writers
    • She's been asked to give the after-dinner speech.
    • You will need to prepare an acceptance speech.
    • a political speech writer
    Topics Politicsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brief
    • little
    • short
    verb + speech
    • deliver
    • give
    • make
    speech + noun
    • writer
    preposition
    • in a/​the speech
    • speech about
    • speech on
    See full entry
  2.  
    [uncountable] the language used when speaking; the fact of speaking rather than writing
    • in speech This expression is used mainly in speech, not in writing.
    • a defence of free speech (= the right to say openly what you think)
    • speech sounds
    see also direct speech, freedom of speech, hate speech, indirect speech, reported speech, text-to-speech
    Extra Examples
    • the use of language in everyday speech
    • The kids pepper their speech with a lot of slang and terms from social media.
    • the difficulties of transcribing conversational speech
    • Computer-generated speech has become significantly more intelligible and naturalistic.
    • The poems are delivered in a style between speech and song.
    • Improvements in speech recognition have produced digital assistants that can respond to spoken commands.
    • A blind user can 'read' a newspaper using a Braille display or speech synthesizer.
    • Her singing style is close to the natural rhythms of everyday speech.
    • the speech rhythms of the Polish language
    • He learned to successfully mimic American speech patterns.
    • birds that mimic the intonations of human speech
    • They were able to communicate without speech.
    • In English, a letter does not always represent the same speech sound.
    • Speech codes have been instituted by some universities (= to stop language that is sexist, racist, etc.).
    • The country continues to suppress free speech and censor the internet.
    • When the government restricts speech, this may be a violation of the First Amendment.
    • racist hate speech
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slurred
    • clipped
    • casual
    speech + noun
    • pattern
    • style
    • defect
    preposition
    • in speech
    phrases
    • a figure of speech
    • freedom of speech
    • the power of speech
    See full entry
  3.  
    [uncountable] the ability to speak
    • I seemed to have lost the power of speech.
    • a speech impediment
    • The child was referred to a speech therapist.
    Extra Examples
    • He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.
    • It's a story about a kid who loses his powers of sight, hearing and speech.
    • a child who has problems with speech and language
    • a speech and language therapist
    • Because of his difficulties with speech, people thought he had learning disabilities and treated him accordingly.
    • the development of speech in humans
    • Symptoms may include visual and speech impairment.
    • She goes to a special school for the speech and hearing impaired.
    • Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slurred
    • clipped
    • casual
    speech + noun
    • pattern
    • style
    • defect
    preposition
    • in speech
    phrases
    • a figure of speech
    • freedom of speech
    • the power of speech
    See full entry
  4.  
    [uncountable] the way in which a particular person speaks
    • Her speech was slurred—she was clearly drunk.
    • Clear speech with crisp consonant sounds is very important.
    see also caretaker speech
    Extra Examples
    • She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.
    • She was slurring her speech.
    • I find his speech very hard to understand.
    • I don't like it when people correct my speech.
    • His speech was incoherent, responding to questions that had not been asked.
    • In halting speech, she began to tell her story.
    • She has a very idiosyncratic style of speech.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slurred
    • clipped
    • casual
    speech + noun
    • pattern
    • style
    • defect
    preposition
    • in speech
    phrases
    • a figure of speech
    • freedom of speech
    • the power of speech
    See full entry
  5. [countable] a group of lines that an actor speaks in a play in the theatre
    • She has the longest speech in the play.
    Wordfinder
    • comedy
    • denouement
    • dialogue
    • drama
    • dramatic irony
    • play
    • scene
    • set
    • soliloquy
    • speech
    Wordfinder
    • act
    • cast
    • drama
    • entrance
    • exit
    • line
    • play
    • role
    • scene
    • speech
    Topics Film and theatreb1
  6. see also figure of speech, part of speech
    Word OriginOld English sprǣc, sprēc, later spēc, of West Germanic origin: related to Dutch spraak, German Sprache, also to speak.
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