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| /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/ |
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| 1 | C a talk between two or more people , usually a private and informal one （通常指私人和非正式的）谈话，交谈，会话 |
| Later in the evening, the conversation turned to politics. 晚间，谈话内容转向了政治。 |
| +with/between a conversation with my neighbour/between two friends 和我的邻居的交谈/两个朋友之间的交谈 |
| have a conversation She had a long telephone conversation with her mother. 她和母亲进行了一次电话长谈。 |
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| 2 | U informal talk between people （非正式的）谈话 |
| With so much loud music, conversation was almost impossible. 音乐声那么大，几乎没法交谈。 |
| subject/topic of conversation He’ s so boring – his only topic of conversation is football. 他真烦人，他唯一的话题就是足球。 |
| snatches of conversation (=short parts of a conversation) I overheard a few snatches of conversation and realized we were in trouble. 谈话的片言只语 |
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| - | get into conversation (with sb)
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| to start talking to someone you have never met before |
| 开始（与刚认识的某人）交谈 |
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| She met Harry at the airport and they got into conversation. 她在机场遇见哈里，便开始攀谈开了。 |
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| - | make conversation
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| to talk to someone that you do not know well , in order to be polite , not because you really want to talk to them . This type of conversation is also called small talk |
| 没话找话，说应酬话，闲扯（也称为small talk） |
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| ‘Nice party, isn’ t it?’ I said, trying to make conversation. “很不错的聚会，对吧？”我没话找话地说。 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | A conversation or discussion is like a journey , with the speakers going from one place to another. | | 一次谈话或讨论就像一次旅程(journey)，说话者从一处说到另一处。 | | Let’ s go back to what you were saying earlier.我们回到你前面所说的话题吧。
Can we return to the previous point?我们能回到前面说的那一点上吗？
I can’ t quite see where you’ re heading.我不太明白你要说什么。
The conversation took an unexpected turn/direction.话题突然转了。
I’ m listening – Go on!我听着呢——往下说！
We’ ve covered a lot of ground.我们已谈到了许多方面。
I was just coming to that.我就要说到那儿了。
We eventually arrived at a conclusion.我们终于得出了结论。
It’ s a roundabout way of saying she’ s refusing our offer.这是她拒绝接受我们的提议的委婉说法。
You’ re on the right/wrong track.你说对/错了。
We wandered off the topic.我们离题了。
The conversation drifted rather aimlessly.谈话漫无边际。
We kept going round and round in circles.我们一直在同一个话题里转圈子。
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