talking
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When you talk, you use spoken language to express your thoughts, ideas, or feelings. 說話
He was too distressed to talk. 他傷心得說不出話來。
The boys all began to talk at once. 男孩們都馬上開始說話了。
2. N-UNCOUNT Talk is also a noun. 說話
That's not the kind of talk one usually hears from accountants. 那不是人們通常從會計人員那裡聽到的那種話。
3. V-RECIP If you talk to someone, you have a conversation with them. You can also say that two people talk. 交談
We talked and laughed a lot. 我們暢懷說笑。
I talked to him yesterday. 我昨天和他談過。
When she came back, they were talking about American food. 儅她廻來時，他們正在談論美國食品。
4. N-COUNT Talk is also a noun. 交談
We had a long talk about her father, Tony, who was a friend of mine. 關於她父親托尼我們進行了一次長時間的交談，托尼是我的一個朋友。
5. V-RECIP If you talk to someone, you tell them about the things that are worrying you. You can also say that two people talk. 訴說
Your first step should be to talk to a teacher or school counsellor. 你第一步應該是去找個老師或學校輔導員談談。
Do call if you want to talk about it. 一定要打電話來，如果你想談這件事。
6. N-COUNT Talk is also a noun. 談話
I think it's time we had a talk. 我認爲是我們進行一次談話的時候了。
7. V-I If you talk on or about something, you make an informal speech telling people what you know or think about it. 發表 (非正式的) 講話
She will talk on the issues she cares passionately about including education and nursery care. 她將就她熱切關注的問題發表講話，包括教育和幼兒護理。
8. N-COUNT Talk is also a noun. 非正式的講話
A guide gives a brief talk on the history of the site. 一位導遊就這個遺址的歷史作了一次簡要的講述。
9. N-PLURAL Talks are formal discussions intended to produce an agreement, usually between different countries or between employers and employees. (通常指國家間或雇主和雇員間的) 談判
...the next round of Middle East peace talks. …下一輪中東和平談判。
10. V-RECIP If one group of people talks to another, or if two groups talk, they have formal discussions in order to do a deal or produce an agreement. 磋商
We're talking to some people about opening an office in Boston. 我們正與一些人磋商在波士頓設立辦事処的事。
It triggered speculation that GM and Jaguar might be talking. 這引發了通用公司和捷豹公司可能正在進行磋商的猜測。
11. V-RECIP When different countries or different sides in a dispute talk, or talk to each other, they discuss their differences in order to try and settle the dispute. 和談
They are collecting information in preparation for the day when the two sides sit down and talk. 他們正在收集信息，爲雙方坐下來和談的那一天做準備。
12. V-I If people are talking about another person or are talking, they are discussing that person. 議論
Everyone is talking about him. 大家都在議論他。
We'd better not be seen together. People will talk. 我們最好不要被人看見在一起。人們會議論。
13. N-UNCOUNT Talk is also a noun. 議論
There has been a lot of talk about me getting married. 有很多關於我要結婚了的議論。
14. V-I If someone talks when they are being held by police or soldiers, they reveal important or secret information, usually unwillingly. 供出消息
They'll talk, they'll implicate me. 他們將招供，他們將把我牽連進去。
15. V-T/V-I If you talk a particular language or talk with a particular accent, you use that language or have that accent when you speak. 說 (某種語言); 帶 (某種口音)[no passive]
You don't sound like a foreigner talking English. 你聽起來不像外國人在說英語。
16. V-T If you talk something such as politics or sports, you discuss it. 談論 (政治、躰育等)[no passive]
The guests were mostly middle-aged men talking business. 客人們大多是談生意的中年男人。
17. V-T You can use talk to say what you think of the ideas that someone is expressing. For example, if you say that someone is talking sense, you mean that you think the opinions they are expressing are sensible. 說話 (有道理或沒道理)
You must admit George, you're talking absolute nonsense. 你必須承認，喬治，你正在說廢話。
18. V-T You can say that you are talking a particular thing to draw attention to your topic or to point out a characteristic of what you are discussing. 正在討論 (的是)[口語] [no passive]
We're talking megabucks this time. 我們這次正在討論的可是一筆巨款。
19. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something such as an idea or threat is just talk, or all talk, you mean that it does not mean or matter much, because people are exaggerating about it or do not really intend to do anything about it. 空談
Has much of this actually been tried here? Or is it just talk?
這其中有多少在這裡真正被試過？或者這衹是空談？
20. PHRASE You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation. 這就叫…[非正式]
Took us quite a while to get here, didn't it? Talk about fate moving in a mysterious way!
用了我們好長一段時間才到這裡，不是嗎？這叫作命運難料啊！
21. PHRASE You can use the expression talking of to introduce a new topic that you want to discuss, and to link it to something that has already been mentioned. (用於引出新話題) 說起
I'll give a prize to the best idea. Talking of good ideas, here's one to break the ice at a wedding reception. 我將獎勵最佳主意。說起好主意，這裡就有一個，能活躍婚禮氣氛。
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