0 the first formal speech made by a British Member of Parliament in the House of Commons or by a member of the House of Lords -- （英国国会议员在下院发表的）首次演说
We are grateful to him for having given us a maiden speech of such an informative character.
I am grateful for the opportunity to make my maiden speech in this important debate.
I rise to give my maiden speech with a great sense of awe and some nervousness.
I remember mentioning this in my maiden speech, early in 1960.
This, to me, is the essence of a really effective maiden speech.
I should have enjoyed the opportunity, had it happened to be mine, of congratulating him on his maiden speech the other day.
I am grateful for the opportunity to make my maiden speech.
He was very right in choosing as the subject of his maiden speech a matter with which he is very familiar.
