我一想到得发表演讲心里就发怵。

I trembled at the thought of having to make a speech.

《牛津词典》

我不能什么准备都没有，进去就发表演讲。

I can't just walk in there cold and give a speech.

《牛津词典》

那位总统由于嗓子疼拒绝亲自发表演讲。

The president declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

At this original performance of the mask, the Lady's speech read by the Lady Alice Egerton, age fifteen, ended at line 779 in your text.

面具》最初的表演中，这位女士的演讲由15岁的爱丽丝，埃杰顿女士朗读，在你们书上的第779行结束。

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