talk up
英 [tɔːk ʌp]
美 [tɔːk ʌp]
夸大; 过分夸奖; 吹捧; 说服…提高出价; 抬高…的价格
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 夸大;过分夸奖;吹捧
If someonetalks upa particular thing, they make it sound more interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.- Politicians accuse the media of talking up the possibility of a riot...
政治家们谴责媒体夸大了发生骚乱的可能性。 - He'll be talking up his plans for the economy.
他会大肆吹捧自己制定的经济计划。
- Politicians accuse the media of talking up the possibility of a riot...
- PHRASAL VERB 说服…提高出价;抬高…的价格
Totalksomeone or somethingupin negotiations means to persuade someone to pay more money than they originally offered or wanted to.- Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down.
克拉克不断把价格向上抬,而威尔金森则不断往下压。
- Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down.
双语例句
- The teacher asked the student to talk up.
老师叫那个学生大声说清楚。 - You're in a position to talk me up.
你要在她面前帮我说好话。 - Ms Merkel faces domestic political pressure to talk up the credibility that comes with persuading markets that governments will stick to the rules of the growth and stability pact.
默克尔面临国内政治压力,要求她推崇可信度,这种可信度源自说服市场相信:各国政府将坚守《增长与稳定公约》的规则。 - It is politic for Indian bosses to talk up their ability to invent things that all can afford.
对印度的老板而言,宣扬自己有能力生产每个人都能买得起的产品是个上策。 - Bob can really talk up a storm.
鲍柏说起话来真的可以滔滔不绝。 - The teacher asked the students to talk up.
老师叫学生说清楚点。 - Small talk takes up big time, he says, so when people start to tell you about their weekends, cut them off politely with something like I'm in the middle of something, but what's up?
闲聊会占用大量时间,所以当有人开始跟你讲他们的周末,友好的打断他们,比如说我正在忙,有什么事吗? - Not only will kitchen small talk free up your mind for a few minutes, but it will also help you build positive relationships around the office.
一段茶水间里的小对话不仅可以放松你的身心,而且能够促进你和办公室里同事的关系。 - Attempts to talk up the US dollar have been unsuccessful because the markets do not believe interest rates will be raised in the face of a troubling economic outlook.
美国政府放言力挺美元的尝试已告失败,因为市场认为,在经济前景堪忧的形势下,美元利率不会上调。 - I want everyone here to talk up our upcoming dance.
我希望这儿的每个人都为我们即将来临的舞会做宣传。