He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him. [VERB]

他想说话，却一时语塞。

He speaks with a lisp. [VERB]

他说话口齿不清。

I rang the hotel and spoke to Louie. [VERB + to]

我打电话到酒店，跟路易通了话。

She says she must speak with you at once. [VERB + with]

她说她必须立刻跟你谈谈。

She cried when she spoke of Oliver. [V + of/about]

她提起奥利弗的时候哭了。

...as I spoke these idiotic words. [VERB noun]

当我说这些傻话的时候

When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad. [VERB + to]

在研讨会上发言的时候，富兰克林先生谈到了他最近游览特立尼达的经历。

He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention. [VERB]

他决定在民主党全国代表大会上发言。

The President spoke of the need for territorial compromise. [VERB + of]

总统谈到了在领土问题上达成和解的必要性。

He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged. [VERB + for]

他说，为贫困群体说话是教会的义务。

I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization. [VERB + for]

我代表本组织的 7,000 名成员发言。

Obviously I can't speak for other people, but certainly no one I know would entertain the idea. [VERB for noun]

我显然不能代表其他人的意见，可是我认识的人当中肯定没有人会有这样的想法。

He doesn't speak English. [VERB noun]

他不会讲英语。

Many of them can speak two or three or more languages. [VERB noun]

他们当中许多人都会说两三门语言，有的人甚至更多。

In the book she speaks of his “social ineptitude” and says he verbally abused her.

她在书中提到他“缺乏社交技能”，并且说他曾经对她出言不逊。

St Paul speaks of the body as the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'. [VERB + as]

圣保罗把身体描述为“圣神的宫殿”。

He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife. [VERB + to]

因为母亲和前妻仍旧保持着友好的关系，他便不再和母亲说话。

The co-stars are still not speaking. [VERB]

两位联袂主演的明星仍然互不理睬。

His behaviour spoke of an early maturity. [VERB of noun]

他的举止流露出早熟的痕迹。

The length of the car and the high polish of its fittings both spoke of money. [VERB of noun]

长车身和高档配置无不象征着财富。

Their music speaks to us with an innate grandeur we can all understand. [VERB to noun]

他们的音乐里流露出一种我们都能体会到的天生的高贵。

...the figures speak for themselves — low order books, bleak prospects at home and a worsening outlook for exports. [VERB + for]

这些数字本身就说明了问题—订单订购量低，国内销售前景惨淡，出口形势日趋恶化。

The results speak for themselves. [V for pron-refl]

结局不言自明。

'We're not blaming you,' Kate said. 'Speak for yourself,' Boris muttered.

“我们没有怪你，”凯特说。“也就是你这么想，”鲍里斯嘟囔道。

She'd probably drop some comment about her 'fiancé' into the conversation so that he'd think she was already spoken for.

她可能会在谈话的时候不着痕迹地对她的“未婚夫”作些评论，这样他便会认为她已经名花有主了。

By December last year most of the resources had been spoken for.

去年 12 月之前，绝大多数的资源就被预订了。

They have no weaponry to speak of.

他们没有什么武器值得炫耀。

'Any fresh developments?' — 'Nothing to speak of.'

“有什么新进展了吗？”—“谈不上什么新进展。”

This move caused consternation among universities and the government, not to speak of the students affected.

这个举措在大学和政府里造成了恐慌，更不用说受到影响的学生们了。

Both spoke highly of the Russian president.

双方均盛赞俄罗斯总统。

It seemed she found it difficult to speak ill of anyone.

她似乎觉得说别人的坏话很难。

I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.

我本来不该告诉你的，但我还是要这么做，因为好歹你是家里的一员。

The five countries have now all passed, so to speak, their entry test.

可以说，这5个国家现在都已经通过了入门考试。

For a long time her mother and her grandmother had hardly been on speaking terms.

很久以来，她的母亲和外婆两人之间几乎不怎么说话。