I wish to talk with you in private.

我希望能私下里同你谈话。

We need to hold another meeting next week to talk about some technical problems.

我们需要在下周再举行一次会议,来讨论一些技术性的问题。

In the hall a woman was talking on diet and health.

在那个大厅里,一名女性正在就饮食与健康发表演讲。

He went on to talk about the world situation at present.

他接着又阐述了当期的世界形势。

He talked his father into lending him the car.

他说服他的父亲把汽车借给他。

I had a long talk with her that night.

那天晚上,我和她秉烛长谈。

The talks between the two premiers will be held next month.

两国总理的会谈将于下月举行。

The officers held a long talk about the price control and pay rise.

官员们就价格调控和工资上涨进行了长时间的讨论。

She delivered a talk on philosophy to the society.

她给学会作了一次有关哲学的讲话。

In politics there is too much talk and not enough action.

在政治方面向来是说得多做得少。

Stop talking and listen!

别说话了，注意听！

He was too distressed to talk...

他伤心得讲不出话来。

A teacher reprimanded a girl for talking in class...

老师斥责了一个在课堂上说话的女生。

We talked and laughed a great deal...

我们说笑了很久。

I talked to him yesterday...

昨天我和他谈过了。

Your first step should be to talk to a teacher or school counselor...

你第一步应该是去找老师或学校辅导员谈谈。

There's no one she can talk to, and she's on the verge of collapse...

她找不到一个可以倾诉的对象，快要崩溃了。

She will talk on the issues she cares passionately about including education and nursery care...

她将会谈一些自己十分感兴趣的话题，包括教育和幼儿护理。

He intends to talk to young people about the dangers of AIDS.

他打算和青年人谈谈艾滋病的危害。

...the next round of Middle East peace talks...

下一轮中东和平谈判

talks between striking railway workers and the Polish government have broken down...

罢工的铁路工人和波兰政府间举行的谈判已经破裂了。

We're talking to some people about opening an office in London...

我们在和一些人讨论在伦敦设立办事处的事儿。

The company talked with many potential investors...

公司和许多潜在的投资人举行了磋商。

The Foreign Minister said he was ready to talk to any country that had no hostile intentions...

外交部长说他愿意和任何不怀敌意的国家举行会谈。

They are collecting information in preparation for the day when the two sides sit down and talk...

他们正在收集情报，为双方坐下来谈判的那一天做准备。

Everyone is talking about him...

人人都在议论他。

People will talk, but you have to get on with your life.

人们会有议论，但日子还得过下去。

They'll talk, they'll implicate me.

他们会招供的，他们会把我牵连进去的。

You don't sound like a foreigner talking English...

听你讲英语，不像是外国人。

They were amazed that I was talking in an Irish accent.

我说话带爱尔兰口音让他们感到很惊奇。

The guests were mostly middle-aged men talking business.

顾客多数是些谈正事的中年男子。

You must admit George, you're talking absolute rubbish.

乔治，你得承认你说的全都是废话。

We're not talking a murder here; we're talking poker machines or gambling 'u2014 things that are misdemeanors in most states...

我们现在讨论的不是谋杀，而是扑克机或赌博——这些在多数州只能算轻罪了。

We're talking megabucks this time.

我们这次谈的可是上百万的买卖。

Has much of this actually been tried here? Or is it just talk?...

这个多半已经真正尝试过了吗？还是仅仅说说而已？

Conditions should be laid down. Otherwise it's all talk.

应该先定下条件，否则全是空谈。

Took us quite a while to get here, didn't it? talk about Fate moving in a mysterious way!...

我们用了很长时间才走到今天这步，是吧？这就叫命运难测啊！

She threw the cake I'd made on the floor and stood on it. talk about being humiliated!

她把我做的蛋糕扔到地上，然后踩在了上面。真是欺人太甚！

Belvoir Farms produce a delicious elderflower tea. talking of elderflower, you might wish to try Elderflower Champagne.

贝尔沃农场生产一种非常好喝的接骨木花茶。说到接骨木花，你兴许想尝尝接骨木花香槟酒。

As it says in the Bible, my cup is running over. talking of which, I must get you a cup of tea.

正如《圣经》所说，给我恩赐太多了，我的杯子已经满满当当了。说到杯子，我得去给你倒杯茶来。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. They were talking with each other.
   他们正在交谈。
2. They talked loudly.
   他们大声谈话。
3. talk much, and err much.
   言多必失。
4. They were all talking at once.
   他们一下子全都说起话来。
5. He could have come to the office if he wanted to talk.
   他若想商谈什么事情,本可以到办公室来。
6. Human beings can talk; animals can't.
   人能讲话,动物不能。
7. Some parrots can talk.
   有些鹦鹉能学人讲话。
8. People who cannot speak or hear can talk by using sign language.
   不能讲话或听不见的人可以用手语交谈。
9. Many deaf-mutes began to talk after acupuncture treatment.
   许多聋哑人经过针刺治疗开始能说话了。
10. We must stop meeting like this—people are beginning to talk!
    我们绝不能再这样约会了——人们已经说起闲话来了!
11. Don't park your car outside my house; you know how people talk!
    别把你的车停在我的屋子外面,你知道人家会说些什么!
12. The police persuaded the suspect to talk.
    警方劝嫌疑犯招供。

用作系动词S+～+ adj.

1. He likes to talk big as though he was an important person.
   他老爱说大话,就仿佛他是一位要人似的。
2. You can't believe more than half of what he says; he always likes to talk big.
   他说的话你最多只能信一半,他总喜欢说大话。
3. She talked quite sensible.
   她说得很有道理。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. Please talk sense.
   请谈些有意义的话。
2. You're talking nonsense!
   你真是胡说八道。
3. Don't talk nonsense! I refuse to listen.
   别胡扯了,我不愿听!
4. He would never do such a thing. You're talking rubbish! Rubbish!
   他决不会干这样的事。你瞎说!瞎说!
5. The man doesn't talk reason.
   这个人不讲道理。
6. I talk Chinese.
   我讲汉语。
7. They kept on talking philosophy throughout the night.
   他们通宵都在谈论哲学。
8. The instructor never talks personalities.
   那位导师从不飞短流长说人坏话。
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9. The day's news is being talked.
   人们正在谈论今天的新闻。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. + adj.

1. They talk themselves ill.
   他们讲得都病倒了。

S+～+ n./pron. + prep. -phrase

1. He talked me to death.
   他说得我无地自容。

1. His talk was so diffuse that I missed his point.
   他的谈话漫无边际,我抓不住他的要点。
2. The dean has arranged with me about a talk in the evening.
   系主任已约定晚上与我谈话。
3. He hospitably asked me to step in and have a talk.
   他殷勤地邀请我进去谈谈。
4. It will afford us great pleasure to have a business talk with you.
   和你共谈业务将给我们带来无限喜悦。
5. 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。
6. There was a delay before the car came to collect us so we made small talk in the meantime.
   汽车来接我们晚了,因此在此期间我们便聊开了。
7. He used so many technical terms in his talk that the audience could not make head or tail of it.
   他在讲话中用了许多专门术语,听众简直摸不着头脑。
8. I went to his talk with great interest, but to my disappointment, nothing very new came forth.
   我抱着极大的兴趣去听他的讲话,但使我失望的是讲话中没有什么新东西。
9. I blushed at my friend's bad manners and loud talk.
   我为我朋友的不礼貌和高声说话而感到害臊。
10. Did you hear the president's talk last night?
    昨晚你听了总统的讲话没有?
11. 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。
12. They often give talks, advising children to acquire hygienic habits.
    他们常常作报告,让孩子们养成良好的卫生习惯。
13. I blamed George for the failure of the talks.
    我为谈判失败责备乔治。
14. Peace talks have broken down in the Middle East.
    中东和平谈判失败了。
15. Matters have been brought to a head in the peace talks; tomorrow they will either succeed or fail.
    和平谈判已到紧要关头,成败系于明天的会谈。
16. The two governments had talks about their common troubles.
    两国政府就共同关心的问题进行了会谈。
17. Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.
    她的行为在邻居中引起了许多闲言碎语。
18. There's a lot of talk about you in the village.
    村里对你有很多议论。
19. There is too much talk and not enough work being done.
    空谈太多,没做什么实事。
20. His threats are just talk.Don't worry!
    他的威胁只不过是虚张声势的空话而已,不要担心!
21. The manager strongly condemned empty talk instead of hard work.
    那位经理强烈谴责了不脚踏实地、夸夸其谈的作风。

talk about( v.+prep. )

(在口语里常用来表示惊讶、羡慕、憎恶等感情色彩) (used to express surprise, admire, hate, etc.)

talk back( v.+adv. )

顶嘴 answer in a rude way; answer back
talk back

Don't talk back!

别顶嘴!

Ruth was disciplined at school for talking back to the teacher.

露丝因和老师顶嘴而受了处分。

It annoys me the way the children talk back to you like that.

这些孩子像那样与你顶嘴使我很生气。

talk down( v.+adv. )

大声说话盖住(某人),不给(某人)说话机会 silence sb by talking louder and longer
talk down to sb

Harry is quite good in meetings but he must learn not to talk down to people.

哈里很善于开会,但他必须学会不高人一等地对人们说话。

It's always unwise for a lecturer to talk down to his audience.

讲演者用高人一等的口气同听众讲话是不明智的。

talk sb ⇔ down

Richard is good at talking his opponent down.

理查德善于大声地把对方讲得无话可说。

The children were excited and they talked down their teacher from time to time.

孩子们很兴奋,说话声不时盖过了他们的老师。

talk into( v.+prep. )

说服(某人)做某事; (把…)说成… persuade sb to do sth; say sth into sth
talk sb/sth into sth/v-ing

We finally talked him into agreement.

我们最终说服他同意了。

The salesclerk talked the customer into buying the new suit.

店员说服那位顾客买下了这套衣服。

She talked her husband into having a holiday in France.

她说服了她的丈夫去法国度假。

He is a man who talks black into white, right into wrong.

他是一个这样的人:会把黑的说成白的,把对的说成错的。

I was talked into doing it.

我被说服同意去做了。

talk nineteen to the dozen

讲得太快 talk fast

talk of( v.+prep. )

谈到; 谈论 have a conversation about sb/sth/doing sth
talk of sb/sth/v-ing

talk of the devil, and he will appear.

说曹操,曹操就到。

talking of an aeroplanes, have you ever had a ride in it?

谈到飞机,你坐过吗?

She talked gaily of art and literature and music.

她兴高采烈,大谈艺术、文学和音乐。

We talked of his plans for the future.

我们讨论了他未来的计划。

What did they talk of?

他们谈论了什么?

We were just talking of the most exciting books that we had read recently.

刚才我们正在谈论我们最近读的最令人激动的书。

Bernard Shaw talks again of writing a play for us.

萧伯纳又谈起了为我们写部戏剧。

They talk of building a new library there.

他们谈起要在那个地方建座新图书馆。

At one stage my friend talked of throwing up his job in advertising, but nothing much came of it.

有一段时期,我的朋友谈到想放弃他在广告业方面的工作,不过后来并没有什么结果。

He is talking of going to college.

他打算上大学。

She talked of writing a one-act play.

她打算写一个独幕剧。

talk off( v.+adv. )

说得天花乱坠; 说得烦死人 speak at great length
talk sb's head/ear off

You can talk my head off, but you can't change wrong into right.

随你怎么说得天花乱坠,你也不能把错的说成对的。

All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off.

我只想有个看书的机会,但我的同座却一直唠叨个没完。

talk on( v.+prep. )

谈及 have a conversation about sb/sth
talk on sth

For the rest of the journey she talked on art, letters and other themes.

在旅途的剩下的时间里她谈了艺术、文学和其他东西。

talk out of( v.+adv.+prep. )

劝服(某人)不做某事 persuade sb not to do sth
talk sb out of v-ing

He talked his wife out of buying the new car.

他说服了他的太太不要买那辆新汽车。

His parents talked him out of getting married soon.

他的父母说服了他,使他没有马上结婚。

talk over( v.+adv. )

说服某人改变意见 persuade sb not to do sth
talk sb/sth ⇔ over

I have talked him over.

我已经说服他了。

They must have a great deal in common to talk over.

他们一定有许多共同话题可谈。

talk it over with your wife and give me your answer tomorrow.

和你妻子商量一下,明天给我答复。

The matter was talked over at the last meeting.

这事上次会议上讨论过。

talk sb over

In the end I was able to talk the other committee members over, and they agreed to vote in favour of the plan.

最后我终于说服了其他委员,他们同意投票赞同那项计划。

talk round¹( v.+adv. )

说服 persuade sb to agree to do sth
talk sb round

At first he didn't want to come but I talked him round.

起初他不愿来,但我说服了他。

I was against going to China, but Mary eventually managed to talk me round.

我本不打算去中国,但玛丽终于说服了我。

talk round²( v.+prep. )

转弯抹角地说〔谈〕 avoid speaking directly about (a subject)
talk round sth

Get down to the brass tacks, and quit talking round the subject.

谈实质问题吧,别兜圈子了。

We don't like talking round things without coming to an decision.

我们不喜欢转弯抹角地谈问题而不作任何决定。

talk to( v.+prep. )

责骂 scold

talk up( v.+adv. )

坦白说话 say what you want or think; say what sb may not like
talk sth ⇔ up

We have been talking up the game.

我们一直在热烈讨论那场比赛。

talk up

If you do not talk down to a child, it will surely talk up to you.

如果你对一个小孩子说话不摆大人架子,他一定会对你坦白说话。

talk with( v.+prep. )

责骂 scold

idle talk

闲聊,闲扯 gossip〔useless〕 conversation

the talk of the town〔street〕

街谈巷议的话题 sth that everybody is discussing

～+名词

• talk%20Billingsgate">talk Billingsgate用粗话骂人
• talk%20buckle">talk buckle谈及婚姻,谈及婚嫁
• talk%20business">talk business谈生意经,讲正经事
• talk%20Greek">talk Greek用别人不懂的字眼谈话
• talk%20Hebrew">talk Hebrew胡说八道
• talk%20horse">talk horse吹牛,说大话
• talk%20muggins">talk muggins说瞎话,胡扯
• talk%20sense">talk sense说得有道理
• talk%20shop">talk shop说行话,说本行话
• talk%20show">talk show名人专访
• talk%20the%20day%27s%20news">talk the day's news谈论当天的新闻
• talk%20turkey">talk turkey一本正经地谈,言归正传

～+副词

• talk%20aloud">talk aloud大声地说
• talk%20early">talk early早早地说
• talk%20together">talk together商量
• talk%20accurately">talk accurately准确地说
• talk%20actually">talk actually明确地说
• talk%20admirably">talk admirably说得很好
• talk%20agreeably">talk agreeably说得很中听
• talk%20amorously">talk amorously一往情深地说
• talk%20apologetically">talk apologetically抱歉地说
• talk%20approximately">talk approximately大概地说
• talk%20articulately">talk articulately说得清楚
• talk%20badly">talk badly讲得不好
• talk%20bitterly">talk bitterly沉痛地说
• talk%20bluntly">talk bluntly直截了当地说
• talk%20boldly">talk boldly大胆地讲出来
• talk%20briefly">talk briefly扼要地说
• talk%20broadly">talk broadly一般地说
• talk%20brokenly">talk brokenly断断续续地说
• talk%20brusquely">talk brusquely鲁莽地说
• talk%20candidly">talk candidly坦白地说
• talk%20cautiously">talk cautiously谨慎地说
• talk%20circuitously">talk circuitously拐弯抹角地说
• talk%20civilly">talk civilly彬彬有礼地说
• talk%20comparatively">talk comparatively相对说来
• talk%20confidently">talk confidently满怀信心地说
• talk%20coolly">talk coolly冷冷地说
• talk%20decisively">talk decisively很肯定地说
• talk%20definitely">talk definitely明确地说
• talk%20deliberately">talk deliberately故意说
• talk%20disrespectfully">talk disrespectfully毫无尊敬地说
• talk%20distinctly">talk distinctly清楚地说
• talk%20emphatically">talk emphatically强调说
• talk%20exactly">talk exactly准确地表明
• talk%20falsely">talk falsely错误地说
• talk%20feelingly">talk feelingly富有感情地说
• talk%20felicitously">talk felicitously贴切地表明
• talk%20firmly">talk firmly坚定地说
• talk%20flatly">talk flatly断言
• talk%20fluently">talk fluently流利地说
• talk%20frankly">talk frankly坦率地说
• talk%20freely">talk freely无拘束地谈话
• talk%20friendly">talk friendly友好地谈话
• talk%20generally">talk generally总体上说来
• talk%20glibly">talk glibly伶牙俐齿地说
• talk%20happily">talk happily高兴地说
• talk%20harshly">talk harshly严厉地说
• talk%20highly">talk highly赞扬地说
• talk%20hoarsely">talk hoarsely声音嘶哑地说
• talk%20humbly">talk humbly谦卑地说
• talk%20impressively">talk impressively说得给人留下深刻印象
• talk%20incoherently">talk incoherently说话语无伦次
• talk%20individually">talk individually个别交谈
• talk%20intelligibly">talk intelligibly说得清楚明白
• talk%20interestingly">talk interestingly说话风趣
• talk%20ironically">talk ironically讽刺地说
• talk%20legally">talk legally从法律上来说
• talk%20lightly">talk lightly轻蔑地说
• talk%20loudly">talk loudly大声讲话
• talk%20naturally">talk naturally自然地说
• talk%20nervously">talk nervously紧张不安地说
• talk%20objectively">talk objectively客观地说
• talk%20openly">talk openly公开地说
• talk%20passionately">talk passionately热情地说
• talk%20peevishly">talk peevishly气恼地说
• talk%20peremptorily">talk peremptorily专断地说
• talk%20perfectly">talk perfectly熟练地背诵
• talk%20philosophically">talk philosophically从哲学上来说
• talk%20plainly">talk plainly明白地说
• talk%20positively">talk positively明确地说
• talk%20practically">talk practically实际上说
• talk%20properly">talk properly确切地说
• talk%20quickly">talk quickly说得很快
• talk%20reproachfully">talk reproachfully责备地说
• talk%20roughly">talk roughly粗鲁地说
• talk%20safely">talk safely有把握地说
• talk%20sardonically">talk sardonically挖苦地说
• talk%20slightingly">talk slightingly轻蔑地说
• talk%20softly">talk softly温和地说话
• talk%20soothingly">talk soothingly安慰地说
• talk%20stoutly">talk stoutly坚定地说
• talk%20succinctly">talk succinctly扼要地说
• talk%20sweepingly">talk sweepingly一概而论地说
• talk%20tactfully">talk tactfully婉转地说
• talk%20technically">talk technically从技术上来说
• talk%20truthfully">talk truthfully如实地说
• talk%20unkindly">talk unkindly不友好地说
• talk%20unthinkingly">talk unthinkingly未经思考地说
• talk%20vulgarly">talk vulgarly说话粗鲁
• talk%20widely">talk widely广泛论述
• talk%20back">talk back回嘴,反驳
• talk%20down">talk down驳倒
• talk%20out">talk out把话都讲完
• talk%20over%20a%20matter">talk over a matter讨论一件事情
• talk%20over%20the%20plan">talk over the plan讨论这计划
• talk%20round">talk round说服
• talk%20up">talk up大声讲,大胆地讲

～+介词

• talk%20about%20the%20elections">talk about the elections谈论有关选举的事
• talk%20about%20the%20problem">talk about the problem谈论问题
• talk%20about%20the%20work">talk about the work谈论工作
• talk%20against%20others">talk against others说别人的坏话
• talk%20at%20length">talk at length详细阐述
• talk%20for%20an%20hour">talk for an hour谈一小时
• talk%20sb%20into%20buying%20a%20new%20car">talk sb into buying a new car说服某人买一辆新车
• talk%20of%20one%27s%20trip">talk of one's trip谈论旅行见闻
• talk%20of%20the%20matter">talk of the matter谈到那件事
• talk%20on%20a%20topic">talk on a topic谈论某一话题
• talk%20on%20politics">talk on politics讨论政治
• talk%20over%20the%20phone">talk over the phone在电话里谈话
• talk%20through%20an%20interpreter">talk through an interpreter通过一位译员交谈
• talk%20to%20oneself">talk to oneself自言自语
• talk%20to%20some%20foreign%20sailors">talk to some foreign sailors同外国海员谈话

动词+～

• talk">become the talk成为话题
• talk">break off the talk中断会谈
• talks">carry out talks谈话,进行会谈
• talk">cease a talk停止谈话
• talk">compose a talk使讨论静下来
• talk">continue a talk继续谈话,继续会谈
• talk">deliver talk讲演
• talk">end a talk结束报告,结束演讲
• talk">finish one's talk讲完,结束报告,结束演讲
• talk">give a talk作一次报告
• talk">have a talk听交谈
• talk">hear a talk听报告
• talk">hold a talk进行交谈
• talk">hush talk使讨论静下来
• talk">listen to a talk听报告,听演讲
• talk">make talk闲谈,无话找话谈(以消磨时间)
• talk">muzzle talk使谈话静下来
• talk">overhear sb's talk偷听某人的谈话
• talk">silence talk使谈话静下来
• talk">start a talk开始讲话,开始作报告
• talk">stifle talk使谈话静下来

形容词+～

• talks">all talks空话连篇
• talk">big talk说大话,吹牛皮
• talk">boasting talk说大话,吹牛皮
• talk">careless talk漫不经心的谈话
• talk">casual talk随便谈谈
• talk">double talk含糊不清的骗人话
• talk">earnest talk诚挚的会谈
• talk">empty talk空谈
• talk">fast talk花言巧语
• talk">formal talk正式谈话,正式会谈
• talk">frank talk坦率的谈话
• talk">free talk随便的谈话,自由谈话
• talk">friendly talk友好的交谈
• talk">good talk好报告,好演讲
• talk">heart-to-heart talk开诚布公的谈话,谈心
• talk">interesting talk有趣的报告
• talk">large talk夸张之词
• talk">long talk长谈
• talk">loose talk信口胡说
• talk">much talk许多传说
• talk">plain talk坦白的谈话
• talk">poor talk糟糕的报告
• talk">preparatory talk预备性会谈
• talk">private talk私下交谈
• talk">public talk公开谈话
• talk">short talk短时间的交谈,短的报告
• talk">small talk聊天
• talk">straight talk坦率的谈话
• talk">sweet talk甜言蜜语

名词+～

• talk">baby talk儿语
• talk">broadcast talk广播讲话
• talk">business talk谈生意
• talk">peace talk和谈
• talk">radio talk广播讲话
• talk">sales talk推销商品的讲话,商品宣传
• talk">shop talk行话
• talk">table talk席间闲聊,餐桌漫谈

介词+～

• talks">in the talks会谈中
• talks">minutes of talks会谈纪要
• talks">series of talks一系列讲话

～+介词

• talk%20of%20the%20town">talk of the town众人的话题
• talk%20on%20bringing%20up%20children">talk on bringing up children有关如何培养孩子的报告
• talk%20on%20photography">talk on photography有关摄影的报告
• talk%20on%20sb%27s%20visit%20to%20China">talk on sb's visit to China有关某人访问中国的报告
• talk%20with%20the%20visitors">talk with the visitors与客人们的交谈

• There was always talk and debate, a..scandal to discuss.

  出自：L. Uris

• No advanced civilization without conversation: talk was not only enjoyable, it was liberating.

  出自：J. Gross

• He felt that he could talk to her, tell her anything.

  出自：D. Barnes

• I've always wanted to have the chance to talk with you.

  出自：C. P. Snow

• You understand, it was the liquor talking, if I said anything to wound you.

  出自：fig.

进修

A：I’lltalk to your (father/ mother/ teacher) about it.
我会跟你（爸爸/妈妈/老师）商量商量。

B：O.K. Thanks.
好的，谢谢。

学校

A：I’d like to sign up for (this class/ summer courses/ accounting).
我想（报读这个班/选一些夏季课程/学会计）。

talk

B：You shouldtalk to the registrar.
你应该和注册主任商量商量。

talk straight from the shoulder.-(直言不讳)

A：What do you think of my work?
你觉得我的工作做得怎么样？

B：Well.
恩。

A：Pleasetalk straight from the shoulder.
请直言不讳地说吧！

talk的解释

B：It’s not very satisfactory, you should be more careful.
不太令人满意，你应该更仔细点儿。

v.(动词)

1. talk的基本意思是“说话,谈话; 谈论”,指通过说话交换意见、思想、消息等。引申可作“表达思想,提供信息”“说出内情”“说闲话”解。
2. talk可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以形容词或介词短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. talk有时也可用作系动词,接big, sensible, silly, wild, funny等形容词作表语。
4. talk可用于说话中讲某种语言,相当于speak。talk作“谈论”解时,其宾语通常不是指人的词,而常用business, philosophy, politics等作宾语,表示一个整个的题材。
5. talk后接介词about表示“谈论某事或某人”; 后接介词of表示“谈及,谈到”“说到要做某事”; 后接副词over表示“讨论,商量”或“聊天,闲谈”; 后接介词to表示“对…谈话”; 后接介词with表示“和…谈话”。

n.(名词)

1. talk作名词的基本意思是“交谈,谈话,聊天”,常用于单数形式,可与不定冠词a连用。
2. talk作“演说,讲话”解时是指在非正式场合的演说、报告,是可数名词。talk用于复数形式通常指正式的“会谈或谈判”。
3. talk还可用作不可数名词,意思是“空谈,闲话”,引申还可作“谣言”解。
4. talk与定冠词the和of短语连用常用于习语,意思是“…的热门话题”。

v.(动词)

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”。其区别是：

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。其区别在于: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”。其区别是：

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”。其区别是：

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。

n.(名词)

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”。其区别是：

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

两者均可表示“口头交流”。其区别是：

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

这些名词均含“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。

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。

v.(动词)

他谈到今年夏天要访问北京。

误 He talked that he would visit Beijing this summer.

正 He talked of visiting Beijing this summer.

析 talk后不可接从句作宾语,但可接“of+ v -ing”的形式。

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的talken，意为讲话，谈话。