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speaking to

/speek/US // spik //UK // (spiːk) //

讲话的人,谈到,讲话的是,对着

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    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 ingreeting
as insee
as inchide
as inadmonish
as incontact
as ingreet
Synonyms
as inhail
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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.