speechifying
present participle ofspeechify
单词 | speechifying |
释义 | speechifying present participle ofspeechify speechify verb[I] informaldisapprovinguk/ˈspiː.tʃɪ.faɪ/us/ˈspiː.tʃə.faɪ/to give aspeech,especiallyin aboringway or in a way thatshowsyouthinkyou areimportant Lecturing & addressing
Examplesofspeechifyingspeechifying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. By the 1840s, most had been chastened by experience despite optimisticspeechifyingand frequent modification. From theCambridge English Corpus We must ensure that the finespeechifyingabout transparency does, in actual fact, bear fruit. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English In terms ofspeechifying, oratory, the position is totally different. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was miserable time-serving andspeechifying, studying one side and then the other; and then the speaker said they were the great moderate party. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He continuesspeechifying, culminating in a demand the right labels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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