conversation

英 [ˌkɒnvə'seɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːnvər'seɪʃn]

• n. 谈话；会话

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]交谈,谈话,会话

   informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 谈话，会话，交谈，（非正式）会谈，（与人）攀谈，对话，通话，说说话
2. 谈话技巧，谈吐
3. 交往，接交，交际
4. 性交，交媾
5. 人机对话
6. 谈，谈起

英英释义

Noun:

1. the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I listened to their conversation.
   我倾听他们的谈话。
2. Did you have a conversation with him?
   你和他谈过话了吗？
3. The band drowned our conversation.
   乐队的演奏声把我们谈话的声音淹没了。
4. His French has come on a lot since he joined the conversation class.
   他自从参加了会话班，法语取得了很大进步。
5. In everyday conversation, you request people to do things, not "order" them.
   在日常会话中，你是请求别人做事，而不是"命令"他们。
6. The professor invited his students to his home for conversation.
   教授邀请学生们到自己家里会晤。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The conversation is light and gay.
   谈话轻松愉快。
2. No conversation while I'm playing the piano, please.
   我弹钢琴时,请不要交头接耳。
3. Their conversation appeared to him thoroughly dull.
   他们的谈话对他似乎没啥意思。
4. He monopolized the conversation by boasting of his own prowess at hunting and fishing.
   谈话中尽是他在吹嘘自己打猎、捕鱼的高超技艺。
5. She used the dialogue to stimulate free conversation among her pupils.
   她利用那个对话来引起学生们的交谈。
6. He is easy in conversation and graceful in manner.
   他谈吐从容,举止优雅。
7. There was a brief pause in the conversation.
   谈话中有短暂的停顿。
8. Can I have a literal version of the conversation?
   我能获得一份这次谈话的确切文本吗?
9. The accident was the sole topic of conversation.
   那事故是谈话的唯一话题。
10. I heard only a fragment of their conversation.
    我只听到他们谈话的只言片语。
11. I'm tired of your stupid conversation.
    你们那愚蠢的谈话我已听够了。
12. We had a conversation last night.
    昨晚我们谈了一次话。
13. They had a long conversation the whole night drinking cups of brandy.
    他们彻夜一边喝着白兰地,一边长谈。
14. It's difficult to carry on a conversation at a noisy party.
    在闹哄哄的聚会上,很难进行交谈。

经典引文

• Proneness to Idolatry, which a long Conversation in Egypt had disposed them to.

  出自： G. Stanhope

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

conversation piece

可作话题的东西 unusual object that stimulates discussion

get〔enter〕 into conversation with

和…攀谈 talk with sb

have〔carry〕 on a conversation with

与…会谈 take a talk with sb/sth

in conversation with

(在)和…谈话 having a talk with sb

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avoid a conversation 逃避谈话
• begin a conversation 开始谈话
• break off a conversation 中断谈话
• bug a conversation 窃听谈话
• carry on a conversation with sb 与某人谈判
• change a conversation 转换话题
• close a conversation 结束谈话
• commence a conversation 开始谈话
• continue a conversation 继续谈话
• cut into one's conversation 打断谈话
• drop a conversation 停止谈话
• enjoy a conversation with sb 喜欢与某人谈话
• enter into conversation with sb 与某人谈起来
• follow a conversation 听取谈话
• get up a conversation 安排谈话
• guide a conversation into other subjects 把谈话引向其他话题
• have a conversation 进行谈话
• hold a conversation 举行谈话
• interrupt a conversation 中断谈话
• join a conversation 参加谈话
• keep the conversation off sth 谈某事走题,撇开某事不谈
• keep up a conversation 继续谈话
• make conversation 找话谈,闲扯
• monitor a conversation 窃听谈话
• monopolize a conversation 垄断谈话
• open a conversation 开始谈话
• practise English conversation 练习英语会话
• resume a conversation 重新开始谈话,恢复对话
• shift the conversation to other channels 把谈话引向其他渠道
• shun conversation 逃避谈话
• start a conversation 开始谈话
• stir up a conversation 开始谈话
• strike up a conversation 攀谈
• sustain a conversation 继续谈话
• switch the conversation 改变谈话内容
• take a conversation 交谈
• take down the conversation 写下谈话内容
• tap a conversation 窃听别人的谈话
• terminate a conversation 结束谈话
• turn the conversation to other matters 把谈话转向其他问题

形容词+～

• adultery conversation 私通
• agreeable conversation 令人愉快的谈话,融洽的谈话,惬意的谈话
• animated conversation 热烈的谈话,活跃的谈话
• boring conversation 使人厌烦的谈话
• brief conversation 简短的谈话
• brisk conversation 活泼的交谈
• confidential conversation 密谈
• convincing conversation 令人信服的谈话
• cordial conversation 亲切的谈话
• criminal conversation 私通
• delightful conversation 令人高兴的谈话
• earnest conversation 诚挚的交谈
• easy conversation 无拘束的谈话
• endless conversation 无休止的交谈
• epigrammatic conversation 富有警句的谈话
• everyday conversation 日常谈话,日常会话
• frank conversation 坦率的谈话
• friendly conversation 友好的谈话
• frivolous conversation 轻浮的谈话
• gossipy conversation 闲谈
• humorous conversation 幽默的谈话
• idle conversation 闲谈
• informal conversation 非正式会谈
• intimate conversation 亲切的谈话
• light conversation 轻松的谈话
• lively conversation 生动的谈话
• long conversation 长时间的谈话
• murmured conversation 低声谈话
• never-ending conversation 无休止的交谈
• overheard conversation 偷听来的谈话
• pleasant conversation 愉快的谈话
• polite conversation 礼貌的交谈
• private conversation 密谈,私人谈话
• rude conversation 粗鲁的交谈
• serious conversation 严肃的谈话
• shallow conversation 肤浅的谈话
• subdued conversation 低声的交谈
• successful conversation 成功的会谈
• wearisome conversation 令人厌烦的谈话
• wise conversation 明智的谈话
• witty conversation 机智的谈话,诙谐的谈话

名词+～

• dinner conversation 席间的交谈
• round-table conversation 圆桌会谈
• street corner conversation 街谈巷议
• telephone conversation 电话交谈

介词+～

• in conversation 在谈话
• fragments of conversation 谈话的片言只语
• scraps of conversation 谈话的片言只语
• the buzz of conversation 谈话声

～+介词

• conversation about 关于…的谈话
• conversation about the matter 有关这个问题的谈话
• conversation among the guests 客人间的谈话
• conversation on the matter 有关这个问题的谈话
• conversation with 与…的谈话
• conversation with a friend 和朋友谈天
• conversation with anybody 和大家都谈得来

词语用法

1. 在说“跟……进行谈话”可以说“hold或have a conversation，不能说take a conversation。

   I found it dnot easy to make conversation with her.
   在这里make不可以改成hold或have。

n. (名词)

1. conversation的意思是“谈话,会谈”,指两个或两个以上的人非正式地互相交换意见、思想、消息,侧重于“交流”。其内容可以是令人愉快的,也可以是令人厌烦的。
2. conversation在多数情况下是可数的,泛指谈话时是不可数名词。
3. conversation与动词have, hold等连用时,要加不定冠词,但与动词make连用时不加不定冠词。作主语或作介词宾语时也不加不定冠词,但有形容词修饰时要加不定冠词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

conversation, chat, dialogue, discussion

• 这四个词都可作“谈话”解。其区别在于:conversation是非正式会谈,可能是热烈和令人兴奋的,也可能是乏味和令人厌烦的; chat是朋友间非常随便的交谈,所谈的往往是些有趣的事,但不是很重要的事; discussion一般指严肃地讨论某一个问题或难题,并且寻求结论或解决的办法, discussion有时可转变为辩论; dialogue是两个或两个以上的人之间的对话以及小说、戏剧等中的对白。例如:
• In my conversation with him,I mentioned your business plan.我和他谈话时曾提及你的营业计划。
• The two friends sat in a corner and had a chat about the weather.两个朋友坐在屋角闲聊天气。
• There was a general discussion following his speech.他的讲话完后进行了一般性的讨论。
• There is some good descriptive writing in the novel, but the dialogue is poor.这小说里有些很好的描写,但对白很差。

conversation，dialogue，talk，chat

• 这些名词均含“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。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的conversation，意为一起生活；最初源自古典拉丁语的conversationem，意为与别人打交道。

近反义词

【近义词】

• chat
• talk