speaking是什么意思：作为名词时，speaking的中文意思为“发表讲话”、“演讲”；作为动词时，speaking的中文意思为“谈话”、“说话”、“提起”；作为形容词时，speaking的中文意思为“说话的”、“雄辩的”、“逼真的”。

1、当speaking作为名词时，译为发表讲话;演讲。

例句：On my sixteenth birthday I was in New York to speak at the United Nations.

16岁生日当天，我在纽约，在联合国发表讲话。

He has a number of speaking engagements this week.

他这个星期安排了几次演讲。

He was speaking to an audience of students at the Institute for International Affairs.

他在国际事务学院给学生们作演讲。

That's what people did then, speaking like writing.

这就是过去人们的演讲风格，正式得就像写作一样。

Then, you're speaking to a group of factory workers.

然后，你要对一家工厂的工人发表演讲。

I spent the last year practicing public speaking every chance I could get.

我花了一整年的时间，积极练习公开演讲。

2、当speaking作为动词时，译为谈;谈话;交谈;说话;讲话;提起;讲述。

例句：Can I speak with you for a minute?

我能跟你谈一会儿吗？

I saw her in the street but we didn't speak.

我在街上看见她了，但我们没有谈话。

They were speaking in dialect.

他们用方言交谈。

We were told to speak to no one.

要求我们不要和任何人说话。

Most people have a horror of speaking in public.

大多数人都十分害怕当众讲话。

Not a word.We do not speak of this again.You understand?

我们也不会再提起，明白吗？

I think they speak more of the time we're living in, in the sense that they are slightly more on the edge.

我认为他们更多的是讲述我们生活的这个时代，他们处在更边缘的位置看世界。

3、当speaking作为形容词时，译为说话的；逼真的；雄辩的。

例句：Generally speaking there was no resistance to the idea...

一般说来，没有人会反对这个观点。