lecture

lecture
noun
  1. an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university
    （尤指大学的）讲座
    ■a long serious speech, especially one given as a scolding or reprimand
    训导，训斥
    the usual lecture on table manners.
    关于餐桌礼仪的惯常训导。
verb
  1. [no obj.]deliver an educational lecture or lectures
    讲课，做讲座
    he was lecturing at the University of Birmingham.
    他在伯明翰大学讲课。
    ■[with obj.]give a lecture to (a class or other audience)
    给（班级，其他听众）做讲座
    he was lecturing future generations of health-service professionals.
    他在给未来的卫生专业工作者作讲座。
    ■[with obj.]talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone)
    训示，训斥
    I do not wish to be lectured about smoking.
    我不想听有关吸烟的训话。
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'reading, a text to read'): from Old French, or from medieval Latin lectura, from Latin lect- 'read, chosen', from the verb legere
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