speak

verb

1.express in speech

e.g. She talks a lot of nonsense
This depressed patient does not verbalize

Synonym: talkuttermouthverbalizeverbalise

2.exchange thoughts
talk with

e.g. We often talk business
Actions talk louder than words

Synonym: talk

3.use language

e.g. the baby talks already
the prisoner won'tspeak
theyspeak a strange dialect

Synonym: talk

4.give a speech to

e.g. The chairman addressed the board of trustees

Synonym: address

5.make a characteristic or natural sound

e.g. The drums spoke

1.说话;讲话
When youspeak, you use your voice in order to say something.

e.g. He tried tospeak, but for once, his voice had left him...
他想说话，却一时语塞。
e.g. He speaks with a lisp...
他说话口齿不清。

spoken
...a marked decline in the standards of written and spoken English in Britain.
英国英语写作和口语水平的明显下降

2.发言；演说
When someonespeaks to a group of people, they make a speech.

e.g. When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad...
在研讨会上发言的时候，富兰克林先生谈到了他最近游览特立尼达的经历。
e.g. He's determined tospeak at the Democratic Convention...
他决定在民主党全国代表大会上发言。

There are some differences in the way the verbsspeak andtalk are used. When youspeak, you could, for example, be addressing someone or making a speech.Talk is more likely to be used when you are referring to a conversation or discussion.I talked about it with my family at dinner... Sometimes we'd talk all night.Talk can also be used to emphasize the activity of saying things, rather than the words that are spoken.She thought I talked too much.
speak 和 talk 的用法有所不同。speak 可以指向某人发表讲话或演讲，talk 多用于指谈话或讨论。例如：I talked about it with my family at dinner (进餐的时候，我和家里人谈论了这个问题)，Sometimes we'd talk all night (有时候我们会谈上一整夜)。talk 也用来强调说话的动作而不是说话的内容，例如：She thought I talked too much (她认为我话太多了)。

3.代表…讲话;充当…的代言人
If youspeak for a group of people, you make their views and demands known, or represent them.

e.g. He said it was the job of the Church tospeak for the underprivileged...
他说，为贫困群体说话是教会的义务。
e.g. Ispeak for all 7,000 members of our organization...
我代表本组织的 7,000 名成员发言。

4.(会)讲，说(外语)
If youspeak a foreign language, you know the language and are able to have a conversation in it.

e.g. He doesn'tspeak English...
他不会讲英语。
e.g. Many of them canspeak two or three or more languages.
他们当中许多人都会说两三门语言，有的人甚至更多。

5.(在文中)谈起，提到
People sometimes mention something that has been written by saying what the authorspeaks of .

speak什么意思

e.g. In the book shespeaks of his “social ineptitude” and says he verbally abused her...
她在书中提到他“缺乏社交技能”，并且说他曾经对她出言不逊。
e.g. St Paul speaks of the body as the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'.
圣保罗把身体描述为“圣神的宫殿”。

6.(吵架之后)不说话，不搭理
If two peopleare not speaking, they no longer talk to each other because they have quarrelled.

e.g. He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife...
因为母亲和前妻仍旧保持着友好的关系，他便不再和母亲说话。
e.g. The co-stars are still not speaking.
两位联袂主演的明星仍然互不理睬。

7.表明;显示
If you say that somethingspeaks to youof a quality, experience, or feeling, you mean that it is evidence of it or expresses it.

e.g. His behaviour spoke of an early maturity...
他的举止流露出早熟的痕迹。
e.g. The length of the car and the high polish of its fittings both spoke of money...
长车身和高档配置无不象征着财富。

8.不言而喻
If you say that somethingspeaks for itself, you mean that its meaning or quality is so obvious that it does not need explaining or pointing out.

e.g. ...the figuresspeak for themselves — low order books, bleak prospects at home and a worsening outlook for exports...
这些数字本身就说明了问题——订单订购量低，国内销售前景惨淡，出口形势日趋恶化。
e.g. The resultsspeak for themselves.
结局不言自明。

9. see also: speaking

10.你说的只是你的看法;这只是你的高见
If you say 'Speak for yourself' when someone has said something, you mean that what they have said is only their opinion or applies only to them.

e.g. 'We're not blaming you,' Kate said. 'Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered.
“我们没有怪你，”凯特说。“也就是你这么想，”鲍里斯嘟囔道。

11.已被预订;早已订购;已经许给别人
If a person or thingis spoken for orhas been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.

speak

e.g. She'd probably drop some comment about her 'fiancé' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for...
她可能会在谈话的时候不着痕迹地对她的“未婚夫”作些评论，这样他便会认为她已经名花有主了。
e.g. By December last year most of the resources had been spoken for.
去年 12 月之前，绝大多数的资源就被预订了。

12.行动胜于言语
If you say thatactions speak louder than words, you mean that people's actions show their real attitudes, rather than what they say. This expression is sometimes used to advise a person to do something positive.

13.（没什么）值得一提
Nothingto speak of means 'hardly anything' or 'only unimportant things'.

speak的解释

e.g. They have no weaponry tospeak of...
他们没有什么武器值得炫耀。
e.g. 'Any fresh developments?' — 'Nothing tospeak of.'
“有什么新进展了吗？”——“谈不上什么新进展。”

14.更不用说
You can usenot to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.

e.g. This move caused consternation among universities and the government, not tospeak of the students affected.
这个举措在大学和政府里造成了恐慌，更不用说受到影响的学生们了。

15.说…的好话/坏话；称赞/批评
If youspeak well of someone orspeak highly of someone, you say good things about them. If youspeak ill of someone, you criticize them.

e.g. Both spoke highly of the Russian president...
双方均盛赞俄罗斯总统。
e.g. It seemed she found it difficult tospeak ill of anyone.
她似乎觉得说别人的坏话很难。

16.可以说;可谓
You useso to speak to draw attention to the fact that you are describing or referring to something in a way that may be amusing or unusual rather than completely accurate.

speak的解释

e.g. I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so tospeak...
我本来不该告诉你的，但我还是要这么做，因为好歹你是家里的一员。
e.g. The five countries have now all passed, so tospeak, their entry test.
可以说，这5个国家现在都已经通过了入门考试。

17.见面交谈的；相识的
If you areon speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them.

e.g. For a long time her mother and her grandmother had hardly been on speaking terms.
很久以来，她的母亲和外婆两人之间几乎不怎么说话。

18. tospeak your mind -> see mind
tospeak volumes -> see volume

相关词组：speak outspeak up

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