动 speak ，talk ，explain，explicate；量 lecture，discourse ；
[例句] 不知为什么他讲这些故事时一点都不害怕。 Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror.
[例句] 好吧，关于生产商就讲这么多，那关于消费者呢？ Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?
explain，make clear，state explicitly ；
[例句] 他在遗嘱中讲明将自己的财产均分给子女. He willed that his property be divided equally among his children.
[例句] 这位女士正在讲明她的麻烦. The lady was giving air to her troubles.
speak，talk，speech，guide，address ；
[例句] “我们俩在同时讲话。”——“噢，抱歉。” "We're all talking at the same time." — "Yeah. Sorry."
[例句] 他不想刻意重复那种讲话的语调。 He is not attempting necessarily to reproduce the cadence of speech.
lecture，instruct，teach，give a lecture，profess ；
[例句] 传统主义者反对这种讲授历史的方法。 There is hostility among traditionalists to this method of teaching history.
[例句] 学位课程不讲授这个课题。 The topic is not taught in degree courses.
explain，interpret，expound ；
[例句] 每一部分都用图片讲解。 Each section is explained pictorially.
[例句] 同学们对老师用风趣的方式讲解他们的错误很感兴趣. The students enjoyed their teacher's bantering them about their mistakes.
tell about，give an account of，narrate，recount，rede ；
[例句] 这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。 The company put on a play about the homeless.
[例句] 他讲述了自己是怎样被全副武装的士兵从总统官邸里赶出来的。 He recounted how heavily armed soldiers forced him from the presidential palace.
be particular about，pay attention to，devote particular care to，stress，daintily ；
[例句] 现在政界讲究的无非是合适的发型和时髦的衣着。 Now politics is all about the right haircut and a sharp suit.
[例句] 她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。 Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
bema，platform，rostrum，pulpit，estrade ；
[例句] 我在讲坛上发表即兴演说。 I spoke from the pulpit ad lib.
[例句] 他从讲坛上向他们大声斥责,并且挥动双拳. From the rostrum he thundered at them and shook his fists.
lecture，speech，give a lecture，make a speech，prelect ；
[例句] 我在最初两次讲演时感到非常紧张。 I had a case of the jitters during my first two speeches.
[例句] 我们领了会议材料后鱼贯进入讲演厅。 We picked up our conference materials and filed into the lecture hall.
teach，lecture，give a lesson [lecture]，prelect，prelection ；
[例句] 他的讲课学生们都能轻松地听懂。 His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.
[例句] 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。 Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations.
lecturer，instructor，docent，lector，lectuer ；
[例句] 当我拿出这件作品时，我的讲师们提出了诸多批评意见。 When I produced this piece of work, my lecturers were very critical.
[例句] 约翰·史蒂文森是谢菲尔德大学的历史学高级讲师。 John Stevenson is Reader in History at the University of Sheffield.
a course of lectures，series of lectures，lecture，cathedra，chair ；
[例句] 他们就坐在那儿没完没了地聊明天要听哪些讲座。 They just sat there wittering about what lectures they had tomorrow.
[例句] 他的讲座学究气太浓，没意思。 His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
（宣讲教义） preach，(give) sermons，discourse，preachify，preaching ；
[例句] 以发人深省的讲道出名的传道者 a preacher famous for her inspiring sermons
[例句] 由于讲道太久,他感觉非常疲劳. He felt very tired, for he preached for a long time.
bargain，haggle over the price，chaffer ；
[例句] 在一些商店中买东西要讲价. In some shops you have to bargain.
[例句] 千万不要照牌价购买汽车, 总得讲讲价才是. Never pay the advertised price for a car; always try to bargain.
speech，lecture，make a speech，give a lecture；
platform，dais，rostrum ；
[例句] 介绍完毕后她就登上讲台. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
[例句] 老师叫大宝走上讲台. The teacher called Dabao to step up the platform.
(mimeographed or printed) teaching materials，lecture notes [sheets] ；
[例句] 这册书是由一系列讲义汇集而成的. The book grew out of a series of lectures.
[例句] 她把讲义改动後用作电台的讲话. She recast her lecture as a radio talk.
cultured，dainty，exquisite，tasteful，recherche ；
[例句] 现在政界讲究的无非是合适的发型和时髦的衣着。 Now politics is all about the right haircut and a sharp suit.
[例句] 她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。 Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
go in for pomp [formality]，hanker after vainglory，love ostentation ；
[例句] 他们摆阔气讲排场. They put on the ritz.
[例句] 他根本不富有,但却喜欢讲排场. He likes to give way to display even though he is not rich at all.
expostor，commentator，interpreter ；
[例句] 讲解员要我们注意另一幅画. The guide directed our attention to the other picture.
[例句] 我们雇了六个女孩作为电脑展览会的讲解员. We have recruited six girls to act as hostess at the computer show.