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talk

UK /tɔːk/US /tɔk/

词源

源自中古英语 'talken',与古英语 'talu'(故事、叙述)相关,可能源自原始日耳曼语。

verb

❶ 用语言表达思想或信息,通常指两人或多人之间的交流。可以是正式或非正式的对话。

“They talked for hours about their favorite books.”

(他们聊了几个小时关于他们最喜欢的书。)

“Can we talk about the project later?”

(我们稍后可以谈谈这个项目吗?)

同义词:speak, chat, converse, discuss, communicate

noun

❶ 指一次对话或讨论,可以是正式的演讲或非正式的闲聊。

“We had a long talk about our future.”

(我们就未来进行了一次长谈。)

“The professor gave a talk on climate change.”

(教授做了一个关于气候变化的演讲。)

同义词:conversation, speech, discussion, lecture, dialogue

常见短语

talk about — 讨论某个话题,通常用于引出对话的主题。

“Let's talk about our vacation plans.”

(我们来谈谈我们的度假计划吧。)

talk to — 与某人交谈,通常指一对一的对话。

“I need to talk to my boss about the deadline.”

(我需要和老板谈谈截止日期的事。)

small talk — 闲聊,指非正式的、轻松的对话,通常用于社交场合。

“They made small talk while waiting for the meeting to start.”

(他们在等待会议开始时闲聊。)