n.[C]

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

   李教授将就诗歌对我们作学术讲演。

2. 冗长的训话，告诫，责备（+on/about）
   Father gave me a lecture for speeding.

   父亲因我超速行驶而讯斥了我一顿。

vi.

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

   他继续在罗马大学教授刑法。

vt.

1. 向……演讲；给……讲课（+on/about）
   Please don't lecture me.

   请别跟我说教。

2. 教训，训斥

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.