conversation
noun /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnvərˈseɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]- an informal talk involving a small group of people or only two; the activity of talking in this way
（非正式）交谈，谈话 - a phone conversation
电话交谈 - The main topic of conversation was the likely outcome of the election.
谈话的主题是选举可能的结果。 - I tried to make conversation (= to speak in order to appear polite).
我设法找些话题。 - conversation with somebody I had a long conversation with her the other day.
前几天我与她作了一次长谈。 - She was engaged in conversation with a colleague.
她正在和一位同事谈话。 - (British English) to get into conversation with somebody
开始与某人攀谈 - (North American English) to get into a conversation with somebody
开始与某人攀谈 - conversation between A and B I overheard a conversation between two colleagues.
无意中听到两个同事的对话。 - conversation about something We had to listen to endless conversations about high prices and food shortages.
我们不得不听那些关于高物价和食品短缺的无休无止的谈话。 - in conversation Don was deep in conversation with the girl on his right.
唐与他右边的女孩在专心交谈。 - I spent an hour in conversation with him.
我花了一个小时和他交谈。 - The conversation turned to gardening.
话题转到了园艺上。 - Desperately he struggled to keep the conversation going.
他拼命努力让谈话继续下去。 - I see no point in continuing this conversation.
我认为继续这场谈话没有意义。 - She tried to steer the conversation away from the topic of marriage.
她试图把话题从婚姻上引开。 - He felt a sudden alarm at the turn the conversation was taking.
在谈话即将开始的时候，他突然感到一阵惊慌。
Synonyms discussiondiscussion- conversation
- dialogue
- talk
- debate
- consultation
- chat
- gossip
- discussion a detailed conversation about something that is considered to be important:
- Discussions are still taking place between the two leaders.
两位领导人仍在进行讨论。
- Discussions are still taking place between the two leaders.
- conversation a talk, usually a private or informal one, involving two people or a small group; the activity of talking in this way:
- a telephone conversation
电话交谈
- a telephone conversation
- dialogue conversations in a book, play or film:
- The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue.
这部小说描述多，对话少。
dialogue 亦指两个团体间为解决问题或结束争端进行的正式对话、讨论、交换意见： - The President told waiting reporters there had been a constructive dialogue.
总统告诉等候的记者，刚才进行了一次富有建设性的对话。
- The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue.
- talk a conversation or discussion, often one about a problem or something important for the people involved:
- I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects.
我和老板就我的事业前景进行了一次长谈。
- I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects.
- debate a formal discussion of an issue at a public meeting or in a parliament. In a debate two or more speakers express opposing views and then there is often a vote on the issue:
- a debate on prison reform
关于监狱制度改革的辩论
- a debate on prison reform
- consultation a formal discussion between groups of people before a decision is made about something:
- There have been extensive consultations between the two countries.
两国之间进行了广泛磋商。
- There have been extensive consultations between the two countries.
- chat a friendly informal conversation; informal talking.
指友好的非正式交谈、聊天 - gossip a conversation about other people and their private lives:
- We had a good gossip about the boss.
我们讲了好一会儿老板的闲话。
- We had a good gossip about the boss.
- a discussion/conversation/dialogue/talk/debate/consultation/chat/gossip about something
- a discussion/conversation/dialogue/debate/consultation on something
- in (close) discussion/conversation/dialogue/debate/consultation with somebody
- to have a discussion/conversation/dialogue/talk/debate/consultation/chat/gossip with somebody
- to hold a discussion/conversation/debate/consultation
Express Yourself Conversation openersConversation openers打开话题 与人初次交谈时打开话题，会议开始要讲话，或者演讲之前引起听众注意，可用以下方式： - Do you mind if I sit here?
我坐在这儿可以吗？
- Do you mind if I sit here?
- Hello, is this seat taken?
你好，这个座位有人吗？
- Hello, is this seat taken?
- May I join you? Can I get you a coffee?
可以和你一起吗？我给你拿杯咖啡好吗？
- May I join you? Can I get you a coffee?
- Lovely weather we’re having!/Can you believe this rain/wind/cold/sunshine?
多好的天气呀！／真想不到会下这么大雨／刮这么大风／这么冷／阳光这么灿烂！
- Lovely weather we’re having!/Can you believe this rain/wind/cold/sunshine?
- Excuse me, could I ask you a question?
打扰一下，可以问您一个问题吗？
- Excuse me, could I ask you a question?
- Shall we make a start? I think it's almost three o'clock.
我们马上开始好吗？我看都快三点了。
- Shall we make a start? I think it's almost three o'clock.
- Shall we get started? I'd like to introduce our speaker.
我们开始吧？我来介绍一下演讲人。
- Shall we get started? I'd like to introduce our speaker.
- I think everyone's here, so I'd like to welcome you to this conference.
我想大家都到齐了，在此我对出席本次会议的各位表示欢迎。
- I think everyone's here, so I'd like to welcome you to this conference.
- A chance conversation led to a brilliant new career for the young student.
一次偶然的谈话让这位年轻的学生进入了一个前景光明的新职业。 - All conversation ceased and everyone turned around.
所有的谈话都停了下来，大家都转过身去。 - All too soon the stilted conversation ran dry.
这次谈话本来就有点儿不自然，很快就没什么可说的了。 - Cara kept up a one-sided conversation.
谈话时，卡拉只顾着一个人说个不停。 - Don was in close conversation with the girl on his right.
唐正和他右边的女孩亲切交谈。 - During the course of conversation, it emerged that Sheila had lived in Nigeria.
从谈话中得知，希拉在尼日利亚生活过。 - He said that television had been the death of good conversation.
他说电视已取代了人与人之间愉快的交谈。 - He was waiting for her to open the conversation.
他在等她先开口说话。 - I got into a conversation with Chris about UFOs.
我和克里斯谈起了不明飞行物。 - I got into conversation with one of the directors.
我和一个负责人交谈起来。 - I had an interesting conversation with Dick Wortley.
我和迪克・沃特利进行了一次很有意思的交谈。 - I managed to bring the conversation around to why they were leaving.
我设法将谈话转到了他们为什么离开这个问题上。 - I overheard snatches of a conversation between two doctors.
我无意中听到两位医生之间的零星谈话。 - I recall a conversation in which he told me he would never leave Paris.
我回想起他在一次谈话中告诉我他永远不会离开巴黎。 - I tried to make conversation with the three people around the table.
我尝试和桌子旁 3 个沉默的人交谈。 - I was courteous but didn't encourage conversation.
我谦恭有礼，但是不愿多与人交谈。 - I was keen to strike up a conversation with him.
我渴望和他交谈起来。 - In the Western world it is polite to maintain eye contact during conversation.
在西方国家，交谈时保持目光接触是礼貌的行为。 - In the programme tonight we hear Dr Chris Toole in conversation with the artist Mary Witherspoon.
在今晚的节目中，我们将听到克里斯·图尔博士和艺术家玛丽·威瑟斯庞的谈话。 - It's not a subject that often crops up in casual conversation.
这不是闲谈中常常会冒出来的那种话题。 - Our hostess did her best to keep the conversation going.
我们的女主人尽了最大努力使谈话继续下去。 - Police taped the conversation.
警方对谈话进行了录音。 - She avoided conversation with the other passengers.
她避免和其他乘客交谈。 - She could hear him over the buzz of conversation and laughter.
一片嗡嗡的谈笑声中，她能听到他的声音。 - She ignored all my attempts at conversation.
我每次尝试和她谈一谈，她都不理睬。 - She turned the conversation to her work.
她把话题转到了她的工作上。 - The book became an instant best-seller and topic of water-cooler conversation.
这本书一出版就十分畅销，成为人们工作之余谈论的热门话题。 - The conversation drifted away from babies.
话题不知不觉离开了婴孩。 - The conversation drifted into family chat.
谈话不知不觉地变成了聊家常。 - The conversation ended when the vacuum cleaner started up.
真空吸尘器一开，谈话就结束了。 - The conversation moved on to other things.
谈话接着转到了其他事情上。 - The conversation proceeded in French.
谈话用法语进行。 - The main topic of conversation was the big football match.
话题主要是这场重要的足球比赛。 - The two of you need to have a face-to-face conversation.
你们两个人需要面对面地谈一谈。 - There is an ongoing conversation in society about how we raise our children.
社会上关于如何抚养孩子的讨论还在继续。 - There was no time for a proper conversation.
没有时间进行一次象样的交谈。 - They all relaxed and conversation flowed freely.
他们都很放松，自由自在地畅谈着。 - They were deep in conversation and didn't notice the time.
他们谈得很起劲，没有注意到时间。 - Think of prayer as a two-way conversation.
把祈祷想成一种双向的交谈。 - We carried on a rather awkward conversation.
我们尴尬地进行了交谈。 - We engaged in a long conversation.
我们进行了一次长谈。 - We had a long conversation about old cars.
我们围绕旧汽车谈了很久。 - We sat making polite conversation and feeling rather uncomfortable.
我们彬彬有礼地坐着交谈，感到有点儿不舒服。 - When I tried to engage him in conversation, she always interrupted.
我试图让他参与谈话的时候，她总是打岔。 - When did this conversation take place?
这次谈话是什么时候的事？ - When you are struggling with an unfamiliar language, the simplest conversations can be misinterpreted.
如果不熟悉一种语言，最简单的谈话都可能被误解。 - You can't hold a private conversation there.
那里无法进行私人谈话。 - Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation.
小孩子对大人的谈话很快就会厌倦。 - a conversation between Jane and her parents
简和父母的谈话 - a conversation on the topic of activities for children
以儿童活动为主题的谈话 - a plain girl who had no conversation and no social graces
相貌平平、不善交谈也不懂社交礼仪的女孩 - listening to endless conversations about high prices and food shortages
听那些无休无止关于价格高、食品匮乏的谈话 - I got into a conversation with a man on the bus.
我在公共汽车上跟一个男人攀谈起来。 - I tried to make polite conversation.
我设法说些应酬话。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- lengthy
- …
- snatch
- carry on
- have
- hold
- …
- occur
- take place
- continue
- …
- during conversation
- in conversation with
- conversation about
- …
- an attempt at conversation
- be in… conversation (with somebody)
- a buzz of conversation
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词源Middle English (in the sense ‘living among, familiarity, intimacy’): via Old French from Latin conversatio(n-), from the verb conversari ‘keep company (with)’, from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. - a phone conversation