- 词义辨析
talk business, talk shop
这两个短语意思不同:talk business是“讲正经事”的意思; 而talk shop作“讲行话”解。试比较:
They have a habit of talking shop.
他们一开口总是三句话不离本行。
We are willing to listen if you are going to talk business.
讲点正经的,我们倒愿意听听。
talk, chat, converse, speak
这四个词都可表示“交谈”。它们的区别是:
speak含义较广,较正式,可指连贯、系统地发言、讲话,也可指支离破碎地交谈,还可指自言自语; converse常指在谈话中交换意见或想法,且表示在几个人之间的交谈; chat往往指以友好的态度,谈一些不重要的事情; talk强调“交谈”多半是指数人之间的交谈,包括严肃的讨论,也表示轻松的闲聊。例如:
The two friends sat in a corner and chatted about the weather.那两位朋友坐在一个旮旯里谈论天气。
I can converse with anyone about anything.我可以和任何人谈论任何事情。
He is talking to a friend.他在和一个朋友交谈。
talk over, discuss
两者都有“讨论”的意思。它们的区别在于:discuss强调气氛通常是融洽的,目的是“达成共识”; talk over强调详尽透彻的过程。例如:
We discussed holding the sports meet next week.我们讨论了下周开运动会的问题。
I want to talk this over with you.这件事我要和你商量一下。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
来自tell,告诉,告知,-k,表反复或强调,比较hear,hark,steal,stalk.
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 知识拓展
单词解说
talk的基本意思是“说话,谈话;谈论”,指通过说话交换意见、思想、消息等。引申可作“表达思想,提供信息”“说出内情”“说闲话”解。
talk可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以形容词或介词短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
相关单词
discuss v.讨论
- 双语例句 更多例句
All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers.
所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴.
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The class separated into several smaller groups to talk about the subject.
这个班的学生分成了几个小组讨论这个问题.
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I have a very sharp recollection of my last talk with him two years ago.
两年前我和他最后一次谈话的情景仍历历在目.
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The president was asked to give a short talk on his visit to the United States.
校长应邀简短谈谈访美情况.
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We're not going to talk about that subject; it has been dropped neck and crop.
我们不打算谈这个问题了, 它已经完全被搁置.
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Fancy his doing that sort of thing and then having the nerve to talk about it!
做了这种事,亏他还好意思说呢!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
罪犯知道他不能向警察谈及他那些朋友, 如果他说了, 有人会把他杀了.
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My abiding memory of our first meeting is of a girl too shy to talk.
我永远记得我们初次见面时她是一个羞得连话都不敢说的女孩.
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I shall have to read up on this subject if I am to give a talk about it.
如果我准备做一次关于这课题的讲座,我就必须把它彻底研究一番.
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- 相关词组
- TALK SHOWSn.谈话节目,现场访谈( talk show的名词复数 );
- trash talkn.说脏话,说别人的坏话;
- talk to me[电影]对我说;
- talk at length不嫌词费;大谈特谈;
- sweet talkn.甜言蜜语,奉承巴结;
- have a good talk好好愉快
- incoherent talk狂言;
- talk about讨论,谈论;考虑(做…);唠;话;
- Teen Talk少年谈话节目;谢慧萍老师的课
- pep talkn.鼓舞士气的讲话;
- heart talk谈心;金希;心话
- have a talk晤谈;
- idle talk闲聊,闲扯;清谈;空话;空谈;
- talk with each other交谈;
- talk withv.与…交谈,想说服;
- talk to同(某人)谈话;责骂;
- talk insincerely言不由衷;
- pillow talk<非正>情侣间的枕边话;
- cross talkn.他处传来的干扰,串话;相声;
- town talkn.街谈巷议;市井之言;
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