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speaking for

/speek/US // spik //UK // (spiːk) //

讲话的人,讲话的是,讲话,谈到

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spoke or spake [speyk]; /speɪk/; spo·ken or spoke; speak·ing.

    • : to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
    • : to communicate vocally; mention: to speak to a person about various matters.
    • : to converse: She spoke with him for an hour.
    • : to deliver an address, discourse, etc.: to speak at a meeting.
    • : to make a statement in written or printed words.
    • : to communicate, signify, or disclose something by any means; convey significance: The voters have spoken loud and clear.
    • : Phonetics. to produce sounds or audible sequences of individual or concatenated sounds of a language, especially through phonation, amplification, and resonance, and through any of a variety of articulatory processes.
    • : to express data or other information audibly by means of an audio response unit.
    • : to emit a sound, as a musical instrument; make a noise or report.
    • : Chiefly British. to bark when ordered.
    • : Fox Hunting. to bay on finding a scent.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spoke or spake [speyk]; /speɪk/; spo·ken or spoke; speak·ing.

    • : to utter vocally and articulately: to speak words of praise.
    • : to express or make known with the voice: to speak the truth.
    • : to declare in writing or printing, or by any means of communication.
    • : to make known, indicate, or reveal.
    • : to use, or be able to use, in oral utterance, as a language: to speak French.
    • : to express or make known by means of an audio response unit.
    • : Nautical. to communicate with at sea, as by voice or signal: We spoke a whaler on the fourth day at sea.
    • : Archaic. to speak to or with.
  1. 1
    • : speak for, to intercede for or recommend; speak in behalf of.to express or articulate the views of; represent. to choose or prefer; have reserved for oneself: This item is already spoken for.
    • : speak out, to express one's opinion openly and unreservedly: He was not afraid to speak out when it was something he believed in strongly.
    • : speak to, to address or respond to, as in speech or action: The legislature must speak to the issue of gun violence.to be appealing or relevant to: His music speaks to me on a very deep level.to provide evidence for:Our company’s rapid growth speaks to the passion and commitment of our employees.

Phrases

  • speak down to
  • speak for
  • speak of the devil
  • speak one's mind
  • speak one's piece
  • speak out
  • speak out of turn
  • speak the same language
  • speak too soon
  • speak up
  • speak volumes
  • actions speak louder than words
  • in a manner of speaking
  • nothing to speak of
  • not to mention (speak of)
  • on speaking terms
  • so to speak
  • to speak of

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpromote
Synonyms
advertise宣传,做广告,登广告,做宣传advocate倡导,倡导者,主张,鼓吹benefit效益,裨益,补助,效益方面bolster长枕头,支持,长枕,长椅boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的cooperate合作,协作,携手合作,协同develop发展,开发,发展的,发育encourage鼓励,激励,励,励志endorse认可,赞成,认同,审批further进一步,更进一步,进一步推动,进一步推进improve改善,改进,完善,提高popularize推广,普及,普及推广,普及宣传publicize宣传,公开化,宣传推广,宣传报道push推动,促进,推,推进push for推动,推广,推进,促进sell出售,销售,卖,售卖speed速度,速度快,速度快慢sponsor赞助人,赞助者,赞助商,提案人stimulate刺激,激励,激发,刺激性support支持,支助,支撑,支持率uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护urge敦促,督促,促成,促请aid援助assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐avail利用,使用,充分利用back背面,背部,背,背后befriend结交朋友,结交,结为好友,结识朋友champion冠军,冠军得主,锦标赛,冠军的contribute贡献,做出贡献,捐献,贡献力量cry哭,哭泣,哭声,呼叫espouse拥护,支持,推崇,赞成forward谈到这个foster培养,促进,养育,培育hype炒作,炒热,炒作的,煽动nourish滋养,滋润,滋补,颐养nurture抚育,培养,培育,养育patronize光顾,赞成,赞同,赞扬plug插头,塞子,堵塞,堵住propagandize宣扬,宣传,宣传推广,倡导puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐serve服务,服务于,服役,服用subsidize资助,补贴,补助,津贴succor帮助,帮助他人,帮助你,帮助别人call attention to提醒人们注意,提醒注意,提请注意,提醒大家注意get behind落后,落后于人,跟上,后退speak for发言的人,发言的,发言人,代表work for工作为,工作的人,工作
Antonyms
as inrepresent
Synonyms
mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是perform执行,进行,履行,演戏produce生产,制作,产生,产量serve服务,服务于,服役,服用serve as作为,担任,用作,做为show显示,展示,显示出,表明speak for发言的人,发言的,发言人,代表be是,是的,成为,为betoken预示着,预示,预言,预言家body尸体copy拷贝,复制,副本,复印embody表现为,体现在,体现,体现为enact颁布,制定,颁布了,制定了epitomize标榜,标志着,象征着,标示equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的equate等于,等同于,等价,等同exemplify例证,例示,表明,例证了exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现express表示factor因素,因数,因因素,因子imitate仿效,仿造,仿制,仿照impersonate冒充,冒名顶替,冒充他人,冒名personify化身,体现在,拟人化,体现为reproduce转载,再生产,再现,重现stage阶段,舞台,阶段性,阶段性的substitute替代,取代,代替,替代物typify典型化,典型的,典型,典型地act as充当,作为,做为,担任act as broker充当经纪人,担任经纪人,作为经纪人,充当经纪人的角色act for为,采取行动的,采取行动,担任act in place of代行,代替,代办,充当appear as呈现为,体现为,体现在,呈现出的是assume the role of担任,担当起,担任的角色,担当be agent for担任代理,做代理,代理,代理人be attorney for为其代理律师,为其代理,为其担任律师be proxy for代表着,代表,代指,代理buy for用于购买,购买用于,购买,购买的correspond to对应于,符合,对应的是,对应到do business for做生意的人,做生意的,做生意,为其做生意emblematize标志化,标志着,象征化,象征着hold office任职,现任,现任职务,担任职务play the part扮演好角色,扮演好这个角色,扮演角色,扮演好这一角色put on穿上,穿上了,穿着,戴上sell for售价,卖给,出售给,售价为stand for代表着,代表,象征着,主张steward管家,管事,管理人,管事的
as inurge
Synonyms
mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是perform执行,进行,履行,演戏produce生产,制作,产生,产量serve服务,服务于,服役,服用serve as作为,担任,用作,做为show显示,展示,显示出,表明speak for发言的人,发言的,发言人,代表be是,是的,成为,为betoken预示着,预示,预言,预言家body尸体copy拷贝,复制,副本,复印embody表现为,体现在,体现,体现为enact颁布,制定,颁布了,制定了epitomize标榜,标志着,象征着,标示equal相当于,同样的,相等,相等的equate等于,等同于,等价,等同exemplify例证,例示,表明,例证了exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现express表示factor因素,因数,因因素,因子imitate仿效,仿造,仿制,仿照impersonate冒充,冒名顶替,冒充他人,冒名personify化身,体现在,拟人化,体现为reproduce转载,再生产,再现,重现stage阶段,舞台,阶段性,阶段性的substitute替代,取代,代替,替代物typify典型化,典型的,典型,典型地act as充当,作为,做为,担任act as broker充当经纪人,担任经纪人,作为经纪人,充当经纪人的角色act for为,采取行动的,采取行动,担任act in place of代行,代替,代办,充当appear as呈现为,体现为,体现在,呈现出的是assume the role of担任,担当起,担任的角色,担当be agent for担任代理,做代理,代理,代理人be attorney for为其代理律师,为其代理,为其担任律师be proxy for代表着,代表,代指,代理buy for用于购买,购买用于,购买,购买的correspond to对应于,符合,对应的是,对应到do business for做生意的人,做生意的,做生意,为其做生意emblematize标志化,标志着,象征化,象征着hold office任职,现任,现任职务,担任职务play the part扮演好角色,扮演好这个角色,扮演角色,扮演好这一角色put on穿上,穿上了,穿着,戴上sell for售价,卖给,出售给,售价为stand for代表着,代表,象征着,主张steward管家,管事,管理人,管事的
as inadvocate
Synonyms
back背面,背部,背,背后campaign for竞选,争取,活动的,竞选活动defend保护,防御,辩护,维护encourage鼓励,激励,励,励志favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠further进一步,更进一步,进一步推动,进一步推进justify证明,证明是正确的,圆满解决,圆满完成press for迫于压力的promote促进,推动,推广,推销propose建议,提议,提出,提出建议push推动,促进,推,推进recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐support支持,支助,支撑,支持率tout兜售,兜兜转转,兜底,兜揽uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护urge敦促,督促,促成,促请advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款advise劝告,劝说,建议,告知bless祝福,保佑,庇佑,赐福bolster长枕头,支持,长枕,长椅boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促champion冠军,冠军得主,锦标赛,冠军的countenance长相,容貌,颜面,眉目plug插头,塞子,堵塞,堵住side侧面,旁边,旁边的,旁人vindicate平反,平反昭雪,平反一切,平反冤假错案argue for辩称,主张,争辩说,争论be in corner处在角落里,在角落里,角落里,在角落中brace up撑起来,撑起来吧,撑起来了,撑住build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的get on bandwagon攀比之风盛行,上车,归队,攀比之风give a leg up支招,扶持,出头鸟,出头露面give a lift搭便车,搭车,搭顺风车go for去为,去争取,去找,前往go to bat for争取,支持,为其辩护go with跟,与,跟随,去hold with持有,用,持,握有plead for恳求,恳请,哀求,争取plump for倾向于,倾心于,追求,倾慕于ride shotgun for乘坐猎枪为,乘坐猎枪,乘坐猎枪的root for根为run interference for奔走相告,干扰,奔走呼号,奔走呼应say so这么说吧,这么说,这样说吧,这样说speak for发言的人,发言的,发言人,代表spread around铺天盖地,铺天盖地的,散布在各地,散布在世界各地stump for执着于,执着地追求,执意要为,执着地追求着
Antonyms
as indefend
Synonyms
back背面,背部,背,背后campaign for竞选,争取,活动的,竞选活动defend保护,防御,辩护,维护encourage鼓励,激励,励,励志favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠further进一步,更进一步,进一步推动,进一步推进justify证明,证明是正确的,圆满解决,圆满完成press for迫于压力的promote促进,推动,推广,推销propose建议,提议,提出,提出建议push推动,促进,推,推进recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐support支持,支助,支撑,支持率tout兜售,兜兜转转,兜底,兜揽uphold支持,坚持,维护,拥护urge敦促,督促,促成,促请advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款advise劝告,劝说,建议,告知bless祝福,保佑,庇佑,赐福bolster长枕头,支持,长枕,长椅boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促champion冠军,冠军得主,锦标赛,冠军的countenance长相,容貌,颜面,眉目plug插头,塞子,堵塞,堵住side侧面,旁边,旁边的,旁人vindicate平反,平反昭雪,平反一切,平反冤假错案argue for辩称,主张,争辩说,争论be in corner处在角落里,在角落里,角落里,在角落中brace up撑起来,撑起来吧,撑起来了,撑住build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的get on bandwagon攀比之风盛行,上车,归队,攀比之风give a leg up支招,扶持,出头鸟,出头露面give a lift搭便车,搭车,搭顺风车go for去为,去争取,去找,前往go to bat for争取,支持,为其辩护go with跟,与,跟随,去hold with持有,用,持,握有plead for恳求,恳请,哀求,争取plump for倾向于,倾心于,追求,倾慕于ride shotgun for乘坐猎枪为,乘坐猎枪,乘坐猎枪的root for根为run interference for奔走相告,干扰,奔走呼号,奔走呼应say so这么说吧,这么说,这样说吧,这样说speak for发言的人,发言的,发言人,代表spread around铺天盖地,铺天盖地的,散布在各地,散布在世界各地stump for执着于,执着地追求,执意要为,执着地追求着
Antonyms

Examples

  • Other researchers decoded speech from the brain signals of a paralyzed man who is unable to speak.

  • Every time she talks to a caller the connection feels real, even if it’s with someone she’ll never speak to again.

  • Over the years, I’ve spoken with some helmet companies that are wary of adding a rotational-energy standard to the test, because there are disagreements over methodology.

  • While Somali and Oromo may not be among the most-spoken languages in the state – or even the county – there are many residents who speak those languages in San Diego, home to the largest populations of those groups in the state.

  • “I was confused,” says the doctor, who requested anonymity because his employer will not allow him to speak to the media.

  • So we do demand justice and we do speak up and make demands.

  • Or has the see and hear and speak-no-evil stance of the Republican House persuaded him that he is in the clear?

  • “We met the smuggler in the train station; he came to speak with us about the services he provided,” Yazbek says.

  • He disagrees, though, and says it is the duty of every person—men, especially—to speak up on this issue.

  • They were born in 51 countries and speak 59 foreign languages, but they seemed bound by a single purpose and resolve.

  • “Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.

  • Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

  • To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.

  • Since this is a law of vibration, it is unscientific to speak of giving an overtone, for all tones contain overtones.

  • When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.