| 单词 | public speaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic speaking public speaking n. the action or practice of addressing public gatherings; the making of speeches. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] declamation1552 public speaking1587 oratory1594 orationing1633 speeching1664 rostrum1690 speech-making1718 speechifying1723 speakinga1763 speechification1825 platforming1892 peroratory1903 1587 J. Bridges Def. Gouernment Church Eng. ix. 660 How Caluine digresseth hereupon from Womens publique speaking to their publike gouernment, and with what hard tearmes he concludes against it. 1759 W. Smith Disc. Public Occas. App. 221 This attention to public speaking, which is begun here [i.e. in the College of Philadelphia] with the very rudiments of the mother-tongue, is continued down to the end. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. v. 329 Nor has public speaking declined, though Lafayette and his Patrols look sour on it. 1923 Polit. Sci. Q. 38 450 When there was need for some public speaking to be done he could rely upon the oratorical abilities of the mellifluent Depew. 2004 D. Cosper Wedding Season i. 21 I am very much less than fond of public speaking..in a subzero kind of way. < as lemmas |
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