discourse
n
1 [C] (fml 文) lengthy and serious treatment of a subject in speech or writing 論文; 演講.
2 [U] (linguistics 語言) continuous piece of spoken or written language (口頭或書面的連貫的)語段, 話語
analyse the structure of discourse 分析語段結構
[attrib 作定語]
discourse analysis 話語分析.
discourse v [Ipr]
~ on/upon sth (fml 文) talk, preach or lecture about sth (usu at length) (通常長篇大論地)論說、 宣揚或講授某事物
The speaker discoursed knowledgeably on a variety of subjects. 演講者頭頭是道地論述了一系列問題.
From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美國自1830年起,加拿大從1870年左右起,殖民者開始向西遷移,并把平原據為己有。
Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.
另一個人在暗自輕聲地哭訴,他的話孔塔聽得懂。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.