English → Chinese
talk
/BrE tɔːk 
, AmE tɔk /
A intransitive verb
1 (speak, converse) 谈话;
to talk to or with sb (about sth); （就某事物）与某人谈话;
to talk to oneself; 自言自语;
to talk about or of or on sb/sth; 谈论某人／某事物;
to know what one is talking about informal 精于此道;
he hasn't a clue what he's talking about 他不谙此道;
he's talking about or of getting a job 他说的是找工作的事;
look or listen who's talking!, you can or can't talk! informal 你还有脸说别人！;
to talk away 说个不停;
to talk for the sake of talking 为了说话而说话;
to love to hear oneself talk 喜欢夸夸其谈;
he kept me talking for an hour! 他没完没了地同我谈了一个小时！;
talk about … informal 这才叫… [用于表示所说之事非常明显];
talk about mean/trouble/stupid/expensive! 这才叫吝啬／麻烦／愚蠢／贵呢！;
talking of films/holidays 说到电影／假期;
I don't think it's going to be easy — you're talking about at least eight hours' work 我觉得这件事不容易──至少要花8个小时;
it's easy or all right for you/her to talk! informal 你／她说得容易！;
now you're talking! informal 你这话就对了！
2 (have the power of speech) 能说话;
can your little boy talk yet? 你的小儿子会说话了吗？
3 derogatory (gossip) 说闲话;
to give people something to talk about 给人们留下谈资;
to be or get oneself talked about 招人议论
4 (give information under coercion) 招供;
to make sb talk 使某人招供;
the prisoner refused to talk 囚犯拒绝交待
B transitive verb
1 (discuss) 谈论 ‹business, politics, sport›
2 (express in speech) 说;
you're talking sense! 你说的话有道理！;
to talk rubbish or nonsense 说废话;
we're talking £2 million/three years informal 这将花费200万英镑／3年;
we're talking a huge investment/a major project informal 这关系到一笔巨大的投资／一个大项目
3 (persuade)
to talk sb into/out of doing sth; 说服某人做／不要做某事
4 (speak in language) 讲 ‹English, Chinese, French›
5 (bring into certain condition) 讲得;
he talked himself hoarse/to a standstill! 他讲得声音都嘶哑了／精疲力竭！;
he's hoping to talk himself out of trouble 他希望力陈理由以摆脱麻烦;
to talk oneself or one's way into/out of sth/doing sth 靠能说会道使自己做／免于做某事;
to talk one's head off informal 说个不停;
to talk sb's head off informal 唠叨得使某人感到厌烦
C noun
1 [countable] (conversation) 谈话;
a formal/an informal talk 正式／非正式谈话;
to have a talk with sb (about sb/sth) （就某人／某事物）同某人交谈;
a heart-to-heart talk 谈心
2 [uncountable] (talking) 说话;
small/sweet/baby talk 闲聊／甜言蜜语／儿语;
fast or double talk 花言巧语;
blunt or plain or straight talk 直截了当的话;
too much talk and not enough action! 说得多做得少！;
to be all talk (and no action) 光说不做;
nothing but/a whole lot of talk 尽是／全是空谈
3 [uncountable] (rumours) 谣言; (gossip) 闲话;
idle/loose talk 闲话／信口乱说;
the talk of the town 街谈巷议;
talk about or of sb/sth; 有关某人／某事物的传闻
4 [countable] (lecture) 讲座; (speech) 演讲;
an academic/informal talk 学术／非正式演讲;
a talk on or about deep-sea fishing/acupuncture 关于深海捕鱼／针灸的讲座;
to give/have a talk; 作演说／听讲座;
a talk on radio/TV 广播／电视演说
D talks
plural noun
(formal discussions) 商谈;
pay/disarmament/peace/arms talks 工资／裁军／和平／军备谈判;
to conduct or hold talks 举行会谈;
talks about sth; 有关某事物的会谈;
talks between sb and sb; 某人与某人之间的洽谈
Phrasal verbs
● talk at
transitive verb
[talk at sb] 对…大发议论
● talk back
intransitive verb
回嘴;
to talk back to sb; 对某人顶嘴;
don't you talk back to me like that! 不许你这样和我顶嘴！
● talk down
A transitive verb [talk sb down]
1 (silence) (by talking loudly) 高声讲话盖过; (talking persistently) 说个不停不让…插话
2 Aviation (guide) 引导…着陆 ‹aircraft›;
ground control talked the pilot down in thick fog 地面控制人员引导飞行员在浓雾中着陆
B intransitive verb
高高在上地说话;
to talk down to sb; 以高人一等的口气对某人说话
● talk out
transitive verb
[talk sth out] 1 (discuss, resolve by discussion) 协商解决
2 British Politics (prevent passing of) 通过冗长发言阻止…通过 ‹bill›
● talk over:
transitive verb
1 [talk sb over] (persuade) 说服;
we talked them over to our way of thinking/to doing it our way 我们说服他们同意我们的看法／按照我们的方式行事
2 (discuss)
to talk sth over (with sb); （和某人）讨论某事;
we must talk the matter over 我们必须把这件事议一议
● talk round (mainly British):
transitive verb
1 [talk sb round] (persuade) 说服;
to talk sb round to sth/doing sth; 说服某人赞同某事物／做某事;
to talk sb round to our way of thinking/to doing it our way 说服某人同意我们的看法／按照我们的方式行事
2 [talk round sth] (skirt around) 不着边际地谈
● talk through
transitive verb
[talk sth through] 谈透
● talk up
transitive verb
[talk sb/sth up] 吹捧