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| 1 | C a conversation with someone 交谈；谈话 |
| have a talk (with sb) We had a nice talk yesterday. 我们昨天谈得很愉快。 |
| | 1a | plural discussions between important people from opposing sides designed to help them agree about an issue （重要人物间的）会谈，商谈，谈判 | | +with He visited Egypt in March for talks with the president. 他于3月访问了埃及，并与埃及总统举行了会谈。 | | +between the outcome of talks between the government and the rebels 政府与反叛分子的谈判结果 | | +on preliminary talks on the future of the steel industry 关于钢铁工业前景的预备会议 | | have/hold talks The management will be holding informal talks with union officials. 资方将和工会领导举行非正式谈判。 | | a round/session of talks the need for a fresh round of peace talks 进行新一轮和谈的必要性 | | talks break down/collapse Talks broke down last week over the issue of overtime pay. 上星期就加班费问题的谈判告吹。 | | talks resume/reopen The trade talks will resume next month. 贸易谈判将于下个月重新开始。 | |
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| 2 | C an informal lecture about a subject （非正式的）演讲 |
| give/deliver a talk (on sth) Williams gave a series of talks on his travels in Nepal. 威廉姆斯就他的尼泊尔之行举行了系列讲座。 |
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| 3 | U ordinary conversations between people （一般的）交谈，谈话 |
| I sat there listening to the sailors’ talk. 我坐在那儿，听着海员们聊天。 |
| +of Talk of housework bored her. 关于家务的谈话使她厌烦。 |
| the talk turns to sth (=the conversation begins to be about something) Then the talk turned to the upcoming exam. 话题转向某事 |
| | 3a | conversations and discussions about what may happen （就可能发生的事情的）谈论，议论 | | +of There was no talk of any cuts in wages. 没人说要降工资。 | | +about There is a lot of talk about welfare reform. 关于福利改革的议论很多。 | | hear talk We hear talk nowadays about being good Europeans. 我们如今听人议论要做欧洲好公民的事。 | |
| | 3b | the activity of talking, especially when you think it does not achieve anything 空话；废话 | | Most radio stations need less talk and more music. 大多数电台需要少一些废话，多一些音乐。 | | be all/just talk She appears to be an expert on men, but it’ s all talk! 她好像对男人很了解，但那全是空话。 | | despite/for all sb’ s talk For all the government’ s talk, it does nothing to improve housing conditions. 政府说了很多空话，但却没有采取任何措施改善住房条件。 | |
| | 3c | discussion of other people’ s private lives 闲话；流言蜚语 | | At first there was a lot of talk, but people soon lost interest. 刚开始时流言蜚语很多，但很快人们就失去了兴趣。 | |
| | 3d | a style of talking used by a particular group of people （特定人群的）说话方式 | | girl/boy talk 女孩/男孩话 | | youngsters using up-to-the-minute street talk (=a fashionable way of talking) 讲街头流行语的年轻人 | |
| | 3e | if something is the talk of a place , people there talk a lot about it （某地的）热门话题 | | a fashion display that was the talk of London society 成为伦敦社会热门话题的时装展览 | | the talk of the town The couple had suddenly become the talk of the town. 这对夫妇忽然间成为了城里人的谈资。 | |
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| - | talk is cheap informal
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| used for saying that you do not believe that someone will in fact do what they are saying they will do |
| 开空头支票；说说而已 |
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