Speech act refers to the act performed by means of utterances, for example, greeting, apology, request, verdict, promise and so on.

言语行为是人们通过话语的形式所实施的行为，即以言行事行为，比如，问候，道歉，请求，宣判和许诺等。

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At the victory party, Obama paced around, checking notes for his speech, and greeting the many well-wishers who bugged him and shook his hand.

庆祝晚宴上，奥巴马踱步走开了，不断检查演讲词，问候充满希望和他频频握手的人们。

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Compliment and compliment responses, as a common and a positive pragmatic speech behavior, are widely used in thanks, apologies, greeting, and opening a conversation, etc.

恭维语，作为一种普遍的、积极的语言现象，被广泛运用于致谢、道歉、问候、以及引出话题，等等。

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