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| /tɔːk/ |
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| 1 | I to use words to communicate 说话；交谈 |
| Can their baby talk yet? 他们的宝宝会说话了吗？ |
| Am I talking too much? 我说得太多了吗？ |
| | 1a | to have a conversation with other people 交谈 | | They were all talking and laughing together. 他们在一起全都有说有笑的。 | | +to I need to talk to you. 我需要和你谈谈。 | | +with Everyone was busily talking with their friends. 大家都忙着和朋友说话。 | | +about We were talking about you just last night. 昨晚我们还说起你呢。 | |
| | 1b | if a bird talks, it produces sounds like words （鸟）说话 | | I’ ve taught my parrot to talk. 我已教会我的鹦鹉说话。 | |
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| 2 | I to discuss a problem , especially to avoid arguments or fighting （尤指为避免争吵或打斗而）商讨，商量 |
| You and I need to talk. 你我需要谈谈。 |
| My wife and I aren’ t talking at the moment. 我和妻子目前还没商量。 |
| +to You kids never talk to me (=discuss anything important with me) . 你们这些孩子从来就不跟我商量。 |
| keep talking Officials agreed on Monday to keep talking despite the latest crisis. 尽管最近发生了危机，官员们星期一还是同意继续商谈。 |
| | 2a | I to discuss something in writing （书面）论述 | | +about/of Chapter 3 talks about the causes of the war. 第3章论述战争的起因。 | |
| | 2b | T to discuss a subject 谈论（某个话题） | | talk politics/sports/religion etc He spoilt the evening by talking politics all the time. 他没完没了地谈论政治，使整个晚上兴味索然。 | | talking of sth (=used after a subject has been mentioned in a conversation to introduce a discussion of it) Oh yes, talking of Harry, have you seen him recently? 说起某事（在交谈中用于承接刚刚提及的话题） | |
| | 2c | I to discuss other people’ s private lives 说闲话 | | You can’ t stay here – the neighbours would talk. 你不能呆在这儿，邻居们会说闲话的。 | |
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| 3 | I to give a lecture on a subject 演讲 |
| +on/about In the hall a woman was talking on diet and health. 一名妇女正在大厅里就饮食与健康这个话题发表演讲。 |
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| 4 | I to give information that someone thinks should be secret 告密；泄密 |
| Do you think the prisoners will talk? 你觉得囚犯们会泄密吗？ |
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| 5 | T to achieve something by talking 说服；说动 |
| | 5a | to persuade someone to do something or not to do something 说服某人做某事/不做某事 | | I talked her into going to London with me. 我说服她和我一起去伦敦。 | | His father talked him out of moving out. 他父亲说服他不搬出去。 | |
| | 5b | to persuade someone to act in a sensible way 劝某人理智些 | | He had already tried to talk sense into Lisa. 他已劝过莉萨要理智些。 | |
| | 5c | to persuade someone to let you do or avoid something 说服他人允许自己做某事/让自己避开某事 | | She eventually talked her way into a part in a film. 她力陈理由终于在一部影片中担任一个角色。 | |
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| 6 | I if a machine talks to another machine , it sends information to that machine （机器之间相互）传递信息 |
| The software enables the two computers to talk. 该软件使得这两台电脑之间能相互传递信息。 |
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| 7 | I informal to have the power to persuade people 有说服力 |
| Money talks! 金钱万能！ |
| PHRASES |
| - | be the drink/drugs etc talking informal
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| used for saying that someone is saying something only because they have had too much alcohol to drink , have taken drugs etc |
| （由于饮酒过量、吸毒等原因而）在说醉话，在说疯话 |
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| - | be talking (about) sth informal
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| used for emphasizing a point |
| （用于强调）正在说的可是… |
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| This is serious, because we’ re talking millions of voters. 这个问题很严重，因为我们说的可是几百万选民。 |
| We’ re talking about people’ s lives here! 我们现在谈的可是人民的生命问题！ |
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| - | sb can talk/sb is a fine one to talk/look who’ s talking spoken
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| used for emphasizing that you think someone is giving advice or an opinion that is the opposite of how they live or what they do themselves |
| （用于强调某人给出的建议或观点与他自己做的相反）某人可真会说瞎话/某人可真会蒙人/瞧是谁在发言 |
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| ‘I was late, so my boss was furious.’ ‘He can talk! He’ s never on time!’ “我迟到了，老板暴跳如雷。”“他可真会说瞎话！他从来就没准时过。” |
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| - | do (all) the talking informal
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| if someone does the talking, they deal with a difficult situation by talking or explaining things |
| 通过说话（或解释）解决难题 |
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| - | not know what sb is talking about informal
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| used for saying that you do not understand what someone is referring to , even though you may really understand |
| （表示听不懂对方在说什么，也可能听得懂而故意装不懂）不知道某人在胡说什么 |
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| ‘You went into our room, didn’ t you?’ ‘I don’ t know what you’ re talking about.’ “你进过我们的房间，是吧？” “我不知道你在胡说什么。” |
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| - | now you’ re talking spoken
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| used for showing that you are pleased with an offer that someone is making |
| 你说对了；这就对了 |
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| ‘OK, I’ ll give you £900.’ ‘Now you’ re talking!’ “好吧，我给你900英镑。”“这就对了。” |
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| - | talk about... spoken
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| used for emphasizing something |
| 说到…可真不得了(用于强调) |
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| Talk about cold – I was freezing! 好冷啊，我都快冻僵了。 |
| Talk about being lazy – she wouldn’ t move an inch! 说到懒啊，她一寸都不愿挪动！ |
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| - | talk English very informal
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| to speak using less difficult words or expressions so that someone can understand what you are saying |
| 说得明白点；用浅显的话说明 |
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| - | talk in terms of sth
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| to mention a piece of information as a possibility |
| 说某事有可能 |
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| They were talking in terms of £20 million being made available. 他们说也许可以搞到 2,000万英镑。 |
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| - | talk sb’ s language/talk the same language as sb informal
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| to communicate in a way that someone else can understand |
| 与某人有共同语言 |
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| We just don’ t talk the same language as people like that. 我们和那样的人没有共同语言。 |
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| - | talk sense/nonsense etc informal
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| to say something that is sensiblestupid etc |
| 说得有理/愚蠢等 |
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| - | talk through your hat informal
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| to talk a lot about a subject you do not really understand |
| 胡说八道；瞎扯 |
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| - | talk trash AMERICAN informal
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| to say rude or offensive things to or about someone |
| 说粗话；说坏话 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌtalk ˈback |
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| | to reply quickly and often rudely to something someone says. This expression is used especially to describe children being rude to their parents 回嘴；顶嘴 | +to Melanie, don’ t talk back to your mother! 梅拉妮，不许和你妈妈顶嘴！ | |
| - | ˌtalk ˈdown |
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| 1 | talk sb down: BRITISH to talk loudly so that other people cannot hear what someone is saying 大声说话盖过（某人的声音） |
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| 2 | talk sb down: informal to speak to and calm someone who is upset or nervous , especially because they have taken an illegal drug 好言劝慰（尤指劝慰由于吸毒而感到不安或紧张的人） |
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| 3 | talk sb/sth down: to use a radio to explain to someone who is flying a plane how to land it 用无线电通话引导（飞机驾驶者）着陆 |
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| 4 | talk sb down: informal to persuade someone to lower the price of something 砍价 | +to He wanted five thousand, but I talked him down to four. 他要价5,000，但我把价格砍到4,000。 | |
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| 5 | talk sb/sth down: AMERICAN to talk about someone or something in a way that makes people think they are not as good as they really are 贬低 |
| - | ˌtalk ˈdown to |
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| | talk down to sb: to talk to someone as if you think they are not as clever or important as you are 以居高临下的口气对…说话 | Try not to talk down to your employees. 尽量不要用居高临下的口气对雇员说话。 | |
| - | ˌtalk ˈout |
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| | talk sth out: to discuss a problem thoroughly with someone who disagrees with you about it （与持不同意见者）透彻地讨论 | You need to sit down with her and talk this out. 你应该坐下来和她透彻地讨论这件事。 | |
| - | ˌtalk ˈover |
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| | to discuss a problem or a plan 讨论，谈论（问题或计划） | You both need to talk over what happened that day. 你们俩都该说说那天发生的事。 | | I know you’ re still angry; let’ s talk it over tonight. 我知道你余怒未消；我们今晚来讨论这件事吧。 | |
| - | ˌtalk ˈround |
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| 1 | talk sb round: to succeed in persuading someone to agree to something 说服 | I’ m sure I can talk her round. 我相信自己能说服她。 | |
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| 2 | talk round sth: to discuss something in a general way and without dealing with the most important issues （不得要领地）泛泛讨论 |
| - | ˌtalk ˈthrough |
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| 1 | talk sb through sth: to explain to someone in detail how something should be done 向…详细解释 | He talked me through the whole process of sending email. 他向我详细解释了发送电子邮件的整个过程。 | |
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| 2 | talk through sth: to discuss a plan or situation in a detailed way 详细讨论（计划或状况） | The president talked through all the military options. 总统详述了所有可能采取的军事手段。 | |
| - | ˌtalk ˈup |
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| | to talk about someone or something in a way that makes them seem more important or better than they really are 吹捧 |
| Other ways of saying : talk | | | | | | talk的其他表达方式 | | | | chat to talk informally in a friendly way闲聊（以友好的方式进行非正式的谈话）: We sat chatting for over an hour. | | discuss to talk about a particular subject in detail讨论（详细谈论某一话题）: Have you discussed the kind of insurance you think you might need?你们讨论过自认为可能需要的险种吗？ | | | |
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