| 主要翻译 |
| speak⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (talk) | 说话
shuō huà |
| | | 讲话
jiǎng huà |
| | | 发言
fā yán |
| | The teacher demanded that the student speak. |
| | 教师要求学生开口讲话。 |
| speak viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (two or more people) | 谈话
tán huà |
| | | 交谈
jiāo tán |
| | | 聊
liáo |
| | They spoke for many hours on the phone. |
| | 他们在电话上聊了几个小时。 |
| speak vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (a language) (语言能力) | 说，讲
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| | Do you speak English? |
| | 您会讲英文吗？ |
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| 其他翻译 |
| speak viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (express oneself) | 说出来
shuō chū lái |
| | | 讲出来
jiǎng chū lái |
| | Don't keep your opinion to yourself: speak! |
| speak viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (have the podium) | 演说
yǎn shuō |
| | | 演讲
yǎn jiǎng |
| | The president is the next person to speak. |
| speak viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (communicate) | 交谈
jiāo tán |
| | | 谈话
tán huà |
| | She really knows how to speak. |
| speak viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (be on good terms) | 关系良好
guān xì liáng hǎo |
| | | 关系不错
guān xì bú cuò |
| | The two brothers are not speaking. |
| speak viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (convey a message) | 表达
biǎo dá |
| | | 表现
biǎo xiàn |
| | Actions speak louder than words. |
| speak vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (tell) | 讲出
jiǎng chū |
| | | 说出
shuō chū |
| | The guilty man decided to speak the truth. |
复合形式：
speaking | speak |
Arabic-speaking,
Arabic speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (who speaks the Arabic language) | 说阿拉伯语的
shuō ā lā bó yǔ de |
| 备注: hyphen omitted when term is an adj after a noun 短语用于名词后作形容词时需省去连字符 |
| | I would like an Arabic-speaking taxi driver please. |
Arabic-speaking,
Arabic speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (which uses Arabic language) | 使用阿拉伯语的
shǐ yòng ā lā bó yǔ de |
| | A lot of Arabic-speaking nations are Islamic. |
| broadly speaking advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in general) | 大体上说来
dà tǐ shàng shuō lái |
| | | 总的说来
zǒng de shuō lái |
| | Broadly speaking, John doesn't agree with the Conservative Party. |
English speaking,
English-speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (has English as first language) | 讲英语的
jiǎng yīng yǔ de |
| 备注: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | Australia, New Zealand and the USA are all English-speaking countries. |
| figuratively speaking advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (not literally) | 打个比方说
dǎ gè bǐ fāng shuō |
| | | 象征性地说
xiàng zhēng xìng de shuō |
| | Figuratively speaking, the country is seriously ill and it will not recover soon. |
| French-speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (can speak French language) | 说法语的
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| | | 讲法语的
jiǎng fǎ yǔ de |
| | The book has been translated for French-speaking audiences. |
| generally speaking advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in general) | 一般而言
yì bān ér yán |
| | | 一般来说
yì bān lái shuō |
| in a manner of speaking exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (so to speak, as it were) | 可以说，不妨说
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| | | 某种意义上说
mǒu zhǒng yì yì shàng shuō |
| | In a manner of speaking, this was the first 'live' test of the equipment. |
nonspeaking,
non-speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (acting role: silent) (指扮演的角色) | 无对白的，沉默的
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| be on speaking terms v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (have an amicable relationship) (争吵后) | 恢复说话，关系变好
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| | We're finally on speaking terms again after not talking for two weeks. |
| | 两周互不理睬后，我们终于又与对方说话了。 |
| be on speaking terms v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (be acquainted) | 相互认识
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| | | 熟识
shóu shí |
| | (指认识后) | 开始交谈
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| | We're just beyond being nodding acquaintances: we're on speaking terms now. |
| | 我们已不再是点头之交，现在已经认识，开始相互交谈了。 |
| plain speaking nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (expressing oneself directly) | 说话直率
shuō huà zhí shuài |
| | President Harry Truman was known for his down-to-earth mannerisms and plain speaking. |
plain speaking,
plain-speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (who says things directly) | 说话直率的
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| 备注: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | She is plain speaking to the point of rudeness. |
| public speaking nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (making a speech to an audience) | 公开演说
gōng kāi yǎn shuō |
| | | 公众演讲
gōng zhòng yǎn jiǎng |
| | Public speaking is probably the worst of all my fears. |
| roughly speaking advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (more or less) | 大约说来
dà yuē shuō lái |
| | | 大体上说
dà tǐ shàng shuō |
| | There are four dozen apples on my tree, roughly speaking. The cost of building your house will be $100,000, roughly speaking. |
Spanish speaking,
Spanish-speaking adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (having Spanish as native language) | 以西班牙语为母语的
yǐ xī bān yá yǔ wéi mǔ yǔ de |
| | | 说西班牙语的
shuō xī bān yá yǔ de |
| 备注: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | Mexico is a Spanish-speaking country. The population of Argentina is predominantly Spanish-speaking. |
| speaking of preppreposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours." | (staying on the subject of) | 谈起…
tán qǐ |
| | | 说到…
shuō dào |
| | | 提到…
tí dào |
| | And speaking of Tom, how is he? |
| speaking part nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (role: with spoken lines) | 有台词的角色
yǒu tái cí de jué sè |
| | I never had a speaking part in my short acting career, just walk-on roles. |
| way of speaking nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (expression, turn of phrase) | 表达方式
biǎo dá fāng shì |
| | He had a way of speaking that put people at ease. |