lecture

noun

1. （通常指大学里的）讲座，讲课，演讲
   a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course
   1. to deliver/give a lecture to first-year students
      给一年级学生讲课
   2. to attend a series of lectures on Jane Austen
      听关于简∙奥斯汀的系列讲座
   3. a lecture room/hall
      演讲室 / 厅
2. （冗长的）教训，训斥，谴责
   a long angry talk that sb gives to one person or a group of people because they have done sth wrong
   1. I know I should stop smoking─don't give me a lecture about it.
      我知道我该戒烟，别再教训我了。

verb

1. （尤指在大学里）开讲座，讲授，讲课
   to give a talk or a series of talks to a group of people on a subject, especially as a way of teaching in a university or college
   1. She lectures in Russian literature.
      她讲授俄罗斯文学。
2. （尤指恼人地）指责，训斥，告诫
   to criticize sb or tell them how you think they should behave, especially when it is done in an annoying way
   1. He's always lecturing me about the way I dress.
      他对我的衣着总是指手画脚的。

1. N-COUNT （通常指大学或学院里的）演讲，讲座，讲课
   A lecture is a talk someone gives in order to teach people about a particular subject, usually at a university or college.
   1. ...a series of lectures by Professor Eric Robinson...
      埃里克·鲁宾逊教授的系列讲座
   2. In his lecture Riemann covered an enormous variety of topics.
      里曼的演讲涵盖了各种各样的主题。
2. VERB （就…）作演讲（或讲座）
   If you lecture on a particular subject, you give a lecture or a series of lectures about it.
   1. She then invited him to Atlanta to lecture on the history of art...
      她于是邀请他去亚特兰大讲艺术史。
   2. She has danced, choreographed, lectured and taught all over the world...
      她到过世界各地跳舞、编舞、演讲和教学。
   3. Wendy Rigby was recently invited to lecture a group of doctors on the benefits of aromatherapy.
      温迪·里格比最近应邀给一帮医生讲芳香疗法的疗效。
3. VERB 训诫；教训
   If someone lectures you about something, they criticize you or tell you how they think you should behave.
   1. He used to lecture me about getting too much sun...
      他以前常唠叨我太阳晒得太多。
   2. Chuck would lecture me, telling me to get a haircut...
      查克就会数落我，让我去理一下发。
   3. She was no longer interrogating but lecturing.
      她已经不是在审问而是在教训人了。
   4. Lecture is also a noun.
      
   5. Our captain gave us a stern lecture on safety.
      船长就安全问题严厉地训斥了我们一顿。

1. It's a common problem, the one I'm asked about most when I'm on the lecture circuit.
   这问题很常见，我在巡回讲演时被问得最多的就是这个问题。
2. It is shocking that only one woman has delivered the lecture in 44 years.
   在44年间仅有一名女性作过讲座，这真令人震惊。
3. The lecture will trace the depiction of horses from earliest times to the present day.
   这个讲座将探究从古至今的画马艺术。
4. Instruction in these subjects in undergraduate classes is almost exclusively by lecture.
   本科生的这几门课程几乎完全是通过讲座教授的。
5. We picked up our conference materials and filed into the lecture hall
   我们领了会议材料后鱼贯进入讲演厅。
6. He was distributing handbills announcing his lecture when Nora caught her first glimpse of him.
   诺拉第一次看见他时，他正在散发自己的讲座宣传单。
7. Before you lecture me, Mr Abbey, I suggest you set your house in order.
   阿比先生，在你教训我之前，我建议你先把自己的事管好。
8. In his lecture Riemann covered an enormous variety of topics.
   里曼的演讲涵盖了各种各样的主题。
9. She then invited him to Atlanta to lecture on the history of art
   她于是邀请他去亚特兰大讲艺术史。
10. Wendy Rigby was recently invited to lecture a group of doctors on the benefits of aromatherapy.
    温迪·里格比最近应邀给一帮医生讲芳香疗法的疗效。
11. He used to lecture me about getting too much sun
    他以前常唠叨我太阳晒得太多。
12. Chuck would lecture me, telling me to get a haircut
    查克就会数落我，让我去理一下发。
13. She was no longer interrogating but lecturing.
    她已经不是在审问而是在教训人了。
14. He was one of the few teachers who always filled the lecture room to overflowing.
    他是为数不多的课堂场场爆满的老师之一。
15. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
    他的讲座学究气太浓，没意思。
16. Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.
    在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。
17. I remember going to the lecture in my first week and getting very steamed up.
    我还记得第一周去听课时生了一肚子气。
18. What I'm going to do in this lecture is focus on something very specific
    我在今天的讲座中将主要探讨一些非常具体的问题。
19. The lecture was given under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences.
    这次报告会是由科学院主办的。
20. The lecture was as dull as ditchwater.
    那次讲座非常呆板乏味。
21. I'll return to this point in my lecture in a little while.
    过一会儿我还要回过来讲这个问题。
22. They are listening to the lecture with avid attention.
    他们聚精会神地听讲演。
23. After he finished the book, he found time to lecture at various colleges.
    他完成那本书后就有时间在各大学讲演。
24. The professor in his lecture went beyond the capacity of his audience.
    这位教授的讲课超过了听众的接受能力。
25. Neither the subject nor the title of this lecture is of my own choice.
    这次讲演的主题与题目都不是我自己选定的。
26. In his lecture he bore down on the importance of pronunciation in a language.
    他在演讲中着重强调了语言中语音的重要性。
27. He had been going to take her to a lecture that night, but he had a headache.
    本来那天晚上他打算带她去听报告的，但他头痛起来了。
28. Did you attend his lecture?
    他的讲演你听了没有？
29. May I sit in on your lecture tomorrow?
    我明天旁听你的课可以吗？

  speech address lecture report talk【导航词义：演讲】

  speech n. 演讲，发言

〔辨析〕普通用词，指在正式或普通场合所作的发言或讲话，可以是事先准备的，也可以是即席的。

  address n. 演讲，演说

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指在庄严场合所作的正式演说或精心准备的演讲，常后接介词 to。

  lecture n. 演讲，讲课

〔辨析〕尤指大学中的演讲、讲座、讲课，强调学术性，常后接介词 on/about。

  report n. 报告

〔辨析〕通常指下级向上级、主管向上级机关所作的书面或口头报告，或指对某一课题的研究报告。

  talk n. 演说，讲话

〔辨析〕普通用词，指关于某一特定话题的演讲或讲座，常后接介词 on/about。

noun

1. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

   Synonym:    lecturing

2. a lengthy rebuke
   1. a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
   2. the teacher gave him a talking to

   Synonym:    speechtalking to

3. a speech that is open to the public
   1. he attended a lecture on telecommunications

   Synonym:    public lecturetalk

verb

1. censure severely or angrily
   1. The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
   2. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
   3. The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

   Synonym:    call on the carpettake to taskrebukeragtrouncereproofreprimandjawdress downcall downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstratechew outchew uphave wordslambastelambast

2. deliver a lecture or talk
   1. She will talk at Rutgers next week
   2. Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

   Synonym:    talk