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				N-UNCOUNT (尤指对某严肃话题口头或书面的)演讲,论述,著述 Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. 例句 ...a tradition of political discourse.
						政治演讲的传统
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				N-UNCOUNT 话语;语篇 In linguistics, discourse is natural spoken or written language in context, especially when complete texts are being considered. 例句 The Centre has a strong record of research in discourse analysis.
						该中心在语篇分析研究方面成果丰硕。
						...our work on discourse and the way people talk to each other.
						我们对话语及人们相互交谈方式的研究
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				N-COUNT 演讲;论述 A discourse is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something. 例句 Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.
						盖茨以一篇有关部署策略的鸿篇大论予以回应。
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				VERB 高谈阔论;论述 If someone discourses on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. 例句 He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose.
						他花了几个小时讲述法国和英国的散文。