speak/spiːk/ (spoke, spoken)

vi

1. 谈话，交谈

• The teacher has spoken with his parents for two hours. 老师和他的父母已经交谈了两个小时。

• They spoke about the new project. 他们谈到了新的计划。

2. 说话，讲话

• The man speaks with an American accent. 那人说话带有美国口音。

• Don't speak until you are spoken to. 别人没跟你说话，你就别开口。

3. 发言；讲话；演讲

• The chairman spoke for more than an hour. 主席作了一个多小时的发言。

• He's good at speaking in public. 他很善于当众演讲。

4. 表明；表达

• The portrait speaks. 这幅画像栩栩如生。

vt

1. 说出，讲出

• speak the truth 说实话

• Speak your mind directly. 直接说出你的想法。

2. 不用进行式 会说(某种语言)

• Do you speak English? 你会说英语吗？

• She speaks Spanish very fluently. 她西班牙语讲得很流利。

词组frankly speaking 坦率地说 generally speaking 一般来讲

• Generally speaking, you did well last year. 一般来讲，你们去年表现很好。

so to speak 见so speak for

1. 讲话表示赞成；为…辩护

• At the meeting he spoke for our project. 在会上，他发言支持我们的计划。

2. 证明，表明

• He said nothing but his behaviour has spoken for him. 他什么也没说，但是他的行动已经说明了一切。

3. 要求得到

• The little boy spoke for the biggest apple. 那个小男孩要吃最大的苹果。

4. 预定；定购

• That house has been spoken for. 那房子已经有主了。

speak for itself 不言而喻 speak of

1. 谈到；提起

• He once spoke of that matter to me. 他曾经对我提起过那件事。

2. 值得提议

• The man has no merits to speak of. 那个人毫无优点可言。

3. 显示

• The little girl's eyes spoke of suffering. 小女孩的眼中流露出痛苦的神情。

speak out

1. 大声地说出

• She was asked to speak out. 她被要求大声些讲。

2. 大胆地说出

• He spoke out against their propositions. 他大胆地发言反对他们的主张。

speak to

1. 对…说话；跟…打招呼

• She often blushes when she speaks to strangers. 她跟陌生人说话时总会脸红。

2. 陈述，评论

• Later he will speak to that point. 后面他将谈到那一点。

3. 劝告；责备

• The boy was so naughty that you should speak to him. 那孩子太淘气了，你得教训教训他。

speak up

1. 响亮地说

• Speak up, please. I can't hear you. 请你讲大声一点，我听不见。

2. 大胆地说；公开地说

• We spoke up for him as the president of the student union. 我们发言支持他担任学生主席。

speak volume 见volume