n.[C]

1. 授課；演講（+on/about）
   Professor Lee will give us a lecture on poetry.

   李教授將就詩歌對我們作學術講演。

2. 冗長的訓話，告誡，責備（+on/about）
   Father gave me a lecture for speeding.

   父親因我超速行駛而訓斥了我一頓。

vi.

1. 演講；講課（+on/about）
   He continued to lecture on criminal law at Rome University.

   他繼續在羅馬大學教授刑法。

vt.

1. 向……演講；給……講課（+on/about）
   Please don't lecture me.

   請別跟我說教。

2. 教訓，訓斥

n.

1. an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university.
2. a long serious speech, especially one given as a scolding or reprimand.

v.

1. deliver an educational lecture or lectures.
2. talk seriously or reprovingly to.