He made gestures to punctuate his speech.

他打手势来强调他的讲话。

Asquith made a speech of forty minutes.

阿斯奎思作了40分钟的演讲。

He often tags his speeches with poetry.

他常引用诗句添饰他的演讲以增强效果。

He tailored his speech for his audience.

他为听众修改了演讲稿。

He suited his speech to the audience.

他使自己的演说适合听众的口味。

He faulted my speech in two ways.

他认为我的讲话有两点欠妥。

He prefaced his speech with an amusing story.

他用一则有趣的故事开始了他的演说。

The reporters took down the speech in shorthand.

记者们迅速记下讲话的内容。

The President is scheduled to make a speech tomorrow.

总统定于明天发表讲话。

The audience punctuated his speech by outbursts of applause.

听众不时以阵阵掌声打断他的讲话。

He preceded his speech with welcome to the guests.

他在正式讲演前, 先对来宾表示欢迎。

He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions.

他对讲稿作了些增删修改。

She delivered a slambang speech that greatly impressed her auditors.

她做了一次深深打动听众的极其成功的讲话。

She made a vigorous speech in defence of her boyfriend.

她为她的男朋友做了有力的辩护。

He delivered the speech in his own inimitable style.

他以其无人可模仿的独特风格发表了演说。

We were listening in to the Prime Minister's speech.

我们正在收音机旁听首相的广播演说。

He won a tempest of applause when he ended his speech.

演讲结束时,他博得暴风雨般的掌声。

(linguistics) divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds.

（语言学）分开、组合成言语片段或是孤立语音。

The reporter interposed a few questions into the minister's speech.

部长讲话时记者插进了几个问题。

She tried to lighten up her speech with a few jokes.

她讲了几个笑话以使讲话轻松愉快些。