speak to

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give evidence regarding something; to attest or provide evidence for; to bespeak. idiomatic
    — This definitely speaks to the fact that at Georgetown, beginning at the admissions process, you're not a number but a real person.
  2. To address a particular topic. idiomatic
    — Education for being speaks to what grows within the person himself
  3. To (figuratively) resonate with; to feel emotionally relevant to. idiomatic
    — His music really speaks to me.

词形变化

speaks to present,singular,third-person speaking to participle,present spoke to past spoken to participle,past

词源

First used in 1610 in the sense of 'discuss'. Use for the meaning of 'bespeak' is attested since the 1960s.
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