He muffed his opening speech.

他搞砸了自己的开幕讲话。

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She declaimed the famous opening speech of the play.

她慷慨激昂地朗诵了这出戏中著名的开场白。

《牛津词典》

Mr Karzai's opening speech was interrupted by the sound of explosions and gunfire some distance away.

卡尔扎伊的开场致辞被远处的爆炸和枪炮声打断。

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Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president, delighted the anti-growth lobby with his opening speech, but did a huge disservice to the facts.

ECONOMIST: The Johannesburg summit

The 'modern' stuff goes straight for the jugular with opening track Free Speech For The Dumb - a fast and furious re-working of the 1982 song from second generation punks Discharge.

BBC: Garage Inc - Metallica

After the mayor had given his opening speech, they declined to question him - expected to last at least an hour - and moved straight to a debate and vote on the budget.

BBC: London Mayor Boris Johnson rejects budget change