The mayor made a speech at the opening.

市长在开幕式上发表了演说。

The speaker will soon wind up his speech.

演说者就要结束他的讲话了。

I had to give a speech to the press club.

我得向记者俱乐部发表演说。

He closed his speech with a funny joke.

他用一则有趣的笑话结束了演讲。

We express our thoughts by speech.

我们用言语表达思想。

He had lost the power of speech.

他丧失了语言能力。

Only human beings are capable of speech.

只有人类才具有说话的能力。

to give'/make'/deliver a speech on human rights

就人权问题发表演讲

He made the announcement in a speech on television.

他在一次电视讲话中发表了这一声明。

Several people made speeches at the wedding.

有几个人在婚礼上讲了话。

I seemed to have lost the power of speech .

我好像话都说不出来了。

a speech defect

言语能力缺陷

freedom of speech (= the right to say openly what you think)

言论自由

Her speech was slurred'u2500she was clearly drunk.

她说话含混不清——她显然是喝醉了。

This expression is used mainly in speech, not in writing.

这种表达主要用于口语，而不是书面语。

speech sounds

语音

She has the longest speech in the play.

在这部剧中，她的台词最长。

...the development of speech in children...

儿童言语能力的发展

Intoxication interferes with speech and coordination.

醉酒会影响言语能力和协调性。

His speech became increasingly thick and nasal...

他说话的声音变得越来越粗，鼻音越来越重。

I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.

我会拿她的衣着开玩笑，并模仿她说话。

He could imitate in speech or writing most of those he admired.

他能模仿大多数自己崇拜的偶像的讲话和写作风格。

...the way common letter clusters are usually pronounced in speech.

普通字母组合在口语中的常见读法

She is due to make a speech on the economy next week...

她将在下周作一个关于经济的演讲。

He delivered his speech in French.

他用法语发表演说。

...the hilarious speech from Alan Bennett's 'Forty Years On'.

艾伦·贝内特的《弹指四十年》中的一段非常有趣的台词

The boy's manner of speech jarred on the teacher, who came from a different part of the country.

那孩子说话的神态令那位来自外地的老师感到不舒服.

In a rousing speech, the President hit out against the trade union.

在一次令人振奋的讲话中, 总统对工会进行了猛烈的抨击.

The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech.

教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了.

His speech was dreary.

他的讲演枯燥乏味.

He is vain of his speech.

他对自己的发言很得意.

I'm always nervous when I make a speech.

在发言时我总是感到紧张.

The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy.

这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂.

1. He lost his power of speech.
   他失去了说话的能力。
2. Only human beings possess the faculty of speech.
   只有人类具有说话的能力。
3. Fear robbed him of speech.
   他害怕得说不出话来。
4. Reading good books helps to refine one's speech.
   阅读好书有助于使你的谈吐高雅。
5. Language is speech, writing is merely a device for recording speech.
   语言是说的话,文字只是记录言语的一种手段。
6. The speech of the islanders is hard to understand.
   岛上居民的语言很难听懂。
7. The native speech of Guangdong is still popular among Chinese Americans in China Town.
   广东方言在唐人街美籍华人中仍很流行。
8. By her speech, we can tell that she is from Shanghai.
   听她的口音我们知道她是上海人。
9. I think young people are sometimes disrespectful in their speech.
   我认为年轻人有时说话失礼。
10. His indistinct speech makes it impossible to understand him.
    他口齿不清,无法听懂他的意思。
11. He can express himself better in speech than in writing.
    他用语言比用文字更能表达自己的意思。
12. In his campaign speech he blasted the Opposition.
    他在竞选演说中猛烈地抨击他的对手。
13. His speech was so long; it should have been pruned.
    他的演说太长了,本应该删掉一些。
14. His public speeches were permeated with hatred of injustice.
    在他对民众的演说里,充满了对不公正的愤慨。
15. The opposition speaker made a lively speech, pitching into the government for its ineffective actions.
    反对党发言人发表演说,猛烈抨击政府毫无效果的行动。
16. He spiced his speech with stories and jokes.
    他用故事与笑话给他的讲演增添了趣味。
17. I'm preparing a speech for the meeting on Thursday.
    我在为星期四会议上的讲演做准备。
18. The dinner and speeches occupied more than three hours.
    宴会和演讲占了三个多小时。
19. The mayor recited to the Queen a long and tedious speech of welcome.
    市长向女王背了一篇又臭又长的欢迎词。
20. I missed the first part of the speech.
    我没听到报告的第一部分。
21. I can't understand his speech on how we can conquer ourselves.
    我不能理解他作的我们如何能控制自己的演讲。
22. It was unwise in your speech to refer to rising unemployment.
    你在发言中提到失业人数的增加是不明智的。
23. He has abstracted the speech.
    他对讲话作了摘要。
24. He broke down in the middle of his speech.
    他讲了半截停了下来。
25. I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.
    我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
26. Our representative was called upon to make a speech.
    我们的代表应邀作了讲话。
27. Angry cries met his speech.
    听众发出愤怒的叫喊声来反对他的讲话。
28. He pitched his speech so that even the children could understand.
    他带着一种特殊的表情讲话,以便孩子们也能听懂。
29. We have the records of all their speeches.
    我们有他们全部讲话的录音。
30. Their concern is manifested mainly in fine speeches, rather than in practical solutions.
    他们的关心主要表现在说漂亮话上,而不在寻找切合实际的解决办法上。

～+to n.

1. I had to give a speech to the Press Club.
   我得向记者俱乐部发表演说。
2. The radio station agreed to beam the Minister's speech to the whole Europe.
   广播电台同意对全欧广播该大臣的讲话。

find one's speech

说出话 speak word

动词+～

• speech%20to%20sb">address a speech to sb给某人作报告
• speech">close a speech结束讲话
• speech">deliver a speech发表演讲
• speech">find one's speech说得出话
• speech">improvise a speech即席演说
• speech">learn speech学说话
• speech">lose one's speech说不出话
• speech">make a speech发表演说
• speech">prepare a speech准备演说
• speech">record a speech把讲话录下来
• speech">recover speech恢复说话能力
• speech">understand sb's speech听懂某人的话
• speech">wander in speech演说时东拉西扯

形容词+～

• speech">after-dinner speech餐后演讲
• speech">clear speech说话清楚
• speech">concluding speech闭幕词,结束演说
• speech">educated speech有教养的谈吐
• speech">free speech言论自由
• speech">general speech一般的讲话
• speech">long speech长篇演说
• speech">open speech公开演说
• speech">opening speech开幕词
• speech">ordinary speech日常说话
• speech">political speech政治演说
• speech">powerful speech有影响力的演讲
• speech">set speech经过准备的演说
• speech">short speech简短的发言
• speech">welcoming speech欢迎辞
• speech">common speech共同语言
• speech">direct speech直接引语
• speech">everyday speech日常用语
• speech">human speech人类言语
• speech">indirect speech间接引语
• speech">musical speech音乐语言
• speech">national speech民族语言
• speech">popular speech大众语言
• speech">reported speech间接引语
• speech">the native speech本族语

名词+～

• speech">acceptance speech〈美〉总统候选人接受政党提名时所作的演讲
• speech">answering speech答词
• speech">campaign speech竞选演说
• speech">curtain speech(剧作者,演员或演出人的)谢幕词
• speech">farewell speech告别词
• speech">radio speech广播讲话

介词+～

• speech">freedom of speech言论自由
• speech">organs of speech发音器官
• speech">power of speech语言能力,说话的能力

～+介词

• speech%20about">speech about有关…的演说
• speech%20for%20humanity">speech for humanity人类言语
• speech%20of%20welcome">speech of welcome欢迎辞
• speech%20on%20the%20war">speech on the war关于战争的演说

• speech, even more than reason, distinguishes man from the brute.

  出自：H. Reed

• I wanted to shout..but I seemed incapable of speech.

  出自：J. Marquand

• A swelling in his throat..had begun to affect his power of speech.

  出自：G. Daly