talk

[tɔːk]
  • v.

    说话,谈话;讨论,洽谈;说闲话;供认;

  • n.

    交谈,讨论;谈判;报告,演讲;空话;谣言;话题;说话方式;

  • 单词变形

    过去式: talked 过去分词: talked 现在分词: talking 第三人称单数: talks


  • 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。

    talk, say, speak, tell

    这组词的共同含义是“说,告诉”。它们的区别是:
    say指“说出”,着重指说出具体的内容,一般用作及物动词,后面的宾语是所说的话; speak指“说话,发言”,着重开口说话的动作,一般用作不及物动词,其宾语通常是表示某种语言名称的词; talk指“讲话,谈论”,意思与speak相近,在一些情况下可以通用,通常talk用作不及物动词; tell指“告诉”,是直接给对方讲或以间接的方式转诉某事,在多数情况下, tell的后面通常接双宾语,在少数情况下可用简单宾语。试体会下面这几个词的用法和含义:He had talked for a long time, but he spoke so fast that we couldn't catch what he said.他讲了很长时间,但他说得太快了,我们没听清他讲了些什么。
    Mr. Green was invited to speak〔talk〕 to us on Greek philosophy.格林先生应邀给我们讲希腊哲学。
    He told me the news.他告诉了我这个消息。
    He told me that he was coming.他告诉我说他就来。

    talk to, speak to, tell off

    这三个短语都可表示“责备”“斥责”。它们的区别是:
    speak to是指某人做错了事,因此说说他,是温和地责备,轻微地申斥,含有规劝的意味; talk to的意思是“训斥”“劝诫”; tell off表示述说某人的坏行为。例如:
    I'll see that he is spoken to about it.关于那件事我想我得找人和他谈谈。
    I'll talk to him.我会训斥他的。
    That fellow needs to be told off.那个家伙该挨一顿骂。

    下面各组中的句子意思相同:

    He talked things over with his wife.
    He and his wife talked things over.
    他和他的妻子商量了一些事情。
    I won't talk a word.
    I won't speak a word.
    I won't say a word.
    我不说一句话。

    talk, address, lecture, oration, report, speech

    1.在这组词中, address, speech, talk, oration四个词是同义词, lecture和report的词义与其他四个词的词义差异较大。
    ①lecture指学术性的“专题讲演”,尤指大学教师讲课,引申义为“教训”。例如:
    Professor Black will give us a lecture on English literature tomorrow afternoon.布莱克教授明天下午将给我们做关于英国文学的演讲。
    His mother gave him a lecture for getting up late.他妈妈因为他睡懒觉而训斥了他一顿。
    注意这六个词中只有lecture不可与make连用。
    ②report指下级对上级或委托机关的“报告”,比汉语中“报告”的外延小得多。例如:
    The manager had just given the company's annual report.经理刚做了公司的年度报告。
    2.address, speech, talk, oration四个词的共同含义是“当众讲话”。它们的区别是:
    ①speech和talk是普通用语, address和oration是正式用语。
    ②address和oration用于正式隆重的场合,经过充分准备,听众较多,篇幅较长。这两者中, oration比address更正式,更隆重,人更多,篇幅更长。例如:
    The minister's address will be broadcast at 8 o'clock.部长的讲话将于8时广播。
    Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was an oration.林肯的盖茨堡讲演是一篇雄辩有力的演说辞。
    这两个词含义上的区别是:address强调演说人的身份或地位高,而oration则强调演说人口才好,演说有煽动性,雄辩有力,词藻华丽。
    ③speech和talk的区别是:speech多用于正式场合,也可用于非正式场合; 而talk多用于非正式场合,也可用于正式场合。speech一般是经过准备的也可不经过准备; 而talk一般是不经过准备的。speech的措辞一般是庄重的; 而talk是较为随便的,讲话方式也较自由,甚至也可以是对话。例如:
    Please tell us what you think in a few simple words, we don't want a speech.请用简短的话说明你的意思,不要演说。
    We enjoy freedom of speech.我们有言论自由。
    We had a long talk about it.关于此事,我们作了一次长谈。
    He gave us a very interesting talk on Yugoslavia.他给我们作了一场饶有兴趣的关于南斯拉夫的报告。
    ④speech除作“讲演”解之外,还有“讲稿”“讲演风格”的含义,而另外三个词无此含义。例如:
    His speech was sent to the newspaper in advance.他的讲话稿事先就送报社去了。
    Her speech is informal and filled with colloquialisms.她的讲话常是非正式的,很口语化。

    talk, dialogue

    两者都可表示“口头交流”。它们的区别是:
    talk指通过谈话交换意见、思想、消息等,也可指在较随便的场合所作的内容广泛的“讲话”,往往具有亲切、诚挚、坦率的特点; dialogue指“对话”,较为正式,尤指对话体的作品或戏剧中的对白和小说中的对话,近年也可指意见分歧的双方的交换意见。例如:
    The novel is written in dialogue.这本小说是用对话体写的。
    More dialogues between world leaders is needed.世界各国领导人之间需要多交换意见。

    address,speech,lecture,oration,report,talk

    这些名词都含“演讲,讲话,报告”之意。
    address正式用词,指在庄严隆重的场合作精心准备的演讲或正式演说。
    speech普通用词,指一般的发言或讲话,可以是事先准备的,也可以是即席的。
    lecture侧重带学术性的演讲。
    oration常指在特殊场合,辞藻华丽,形式庄重,旨在激发听众感情的正式演说。
    report一般是指下级给上级或负责人给委托机关的书面或口头报告。
    talk常用词,强调非正式讲话,讲话方式一般较为自由。

    conversation,dialogue,talk,chat

    这些名词都含“交谈”之意。
    conversation一般用词,指两个或更多人互相交换意见的交谈。
    dialogue指“对话”。
    talk普通用词,可与conversation换用,指正式交谈。
    chat指熟人之间非常随便的交谈,强调谈话的亲密和非正式性。

    say,speak,state,talk,tell,utter

    这些动词均有“说、讲”之意。
    say最普通常用词,指用语言表达思想,着重所说的内容。
    speak侧重于说话动作的本身,着重说话的能力而不在内容,比如能说某种语言。
    state较正式用词,通常指用明确的语言或文字着重地叙述事实,既强调内容又注重语气。
    talk普通用词,侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话,可指单方面较长谈话,和speak一样,着重说活动作而不侧重内容。
    tell指告诉或讲述。
    utter着重说话的行为,常指声音的使用,突出用噪子发声。

  • 双语例句
1、

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》

2、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

3、

The criminal knew that he could not talk to the police about his friends; if he did, someone would stop his breath.

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

4、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

5、

His talk was spiced with vivid examples.

他在报告中穿插了一些生动的例子.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

6、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

7、

Your talk is a little aside from the subject of our disussion.

你的发言稍微偏离了我们讨论会的主题.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

8、

He delights to talk about his family in the office.

他喜欢在办公室谈论他家里的事.

——《简明英汉词典》

9、

When she came in, Bob broke off his talk with Jane.

当她进来时, 鲍伯停止了和珍的谈话.

——《简明英汉词典》

10、

A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.

巧言不如直说.

——《简明英汉词典》

11、

Her sudden marriage is the talk of the street.

她的突然结婚成了街谈巷议的话题.

——《简明英汉词典》

12、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

13、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

14、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

15、

He used photographs as illustration for his talk.

他用照片为他的演讲作图片说明.

——《简明英汉词典》

16、

With people around, it wasn't convenient to talk about the matter.

周围有人, 不便启齿.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

17、

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.

——《简明英汉词典》

18、

I'm sorry to disturb you, but can I talk to you for a moment?

对不起,打扰你一下,我能跟你谈一会儿吗?

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

19、

Did you ever talk it over with him?

你可曾跟他谈过这个问题?

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

20、

Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk.

妈妈,我们谈话时你不必陪着.

——柯林斯例句

21、

I heard you talk in your sleep last night.

昨晚我听见你说梦话.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

22、

Let's go around to his office and talk to him.

我们要到他的办事处去跟他谈一谈.

——《简明英汉词典》

23、

Who but a fool like he would talk through his hat.

除了他这样蠢人谁会如此胡诌.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

24、

Science fiction stories often mention robots that can talk.

科幻小说常提到会说话的机器人.

——《简明英汉词典》

25、

He stopped to talk with me.

他停下来跟我讲话.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

26、

My, what kind of talk is this?

吁! 是何言欤!

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

27、

Talk poured from him in a jet.

他口若悬河般地谈着.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

28、

He doesn't talk to me — he lectures at me!

他不是在同我谈话,而是在训我.

——《简明英汉词典》

29、

His talk is full of superlatives.

他讲话夸张.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

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