She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee.

她讲话的开头是对委员会的鸣谢。

《牛津词典》

You are going to give a short speech of thanks for the speaker this evening, aren't you, Bill?

比尔，你打算为今晚的演讲者做一个简短的致谢演讲，是吗？

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She closed with a gracious speech of thanks.

她以彬彬有礼的致谢辞作结。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"If I was to have a testimonial it was always going to be against Ajax and their fans have put in a lot of effort to come here, " he said in an emotional speech after the final whistle when he gave thanks to one and all.

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