英汉词典

conversation 基本解释

• n. 交谈，会话；社交；交往，交际；会谈；（人与计算机的）人机对话

conversation 词态变化

conversation 中文词源

来自converse, 谈话。

conversation 英文词源

conversation

conversation: [14] Latin convertere meant ‘turn round, transform’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and vertere ‘turn’ (source of English verse, version, and vertigo). It has spawned a variety of English words, its most direct descendant being convert [13]. Its past participle conversus produced the noun converse ‘opposite’ [16], but this should not be confused with the verb converse ‘talk’ [14], which came via quite a different route.

Latin vertere had a specialized form, vertāre, denoting repeated action. From it came versārī ‘live, occupy oneself’, which, with the addition of the com- prefix, produced conversārī ‘live, dwell, associate or communicate with others’. This passed via Old French converser into English, but at first both it and its derivative conversation were limited semantically to the notion of ‘dwelling’ and ‘social life’; the specific modern sense ‘talk’ was not brought into play until the late 16th century.
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conversation (n.)

mid-14c., "living together, having dealings with others," also "manner of conducting oneself in the world;" from Old French conversation, from Latin conversationem (nominative conversatio) "act of living with," noun of action from past participle stem of conversari "to live with, keep company with," literally "turn about with," from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + vertare, frequentative of vertere (see versus).

Specific sense of "talk" is 1570s. Used as a synonym for "sexual intercourse" from at least 1511, hence criminal conversation, legal term for adultery from late 18c. Related: Conversationalist; conversationist.

conversation 词组搭配

conversation 英文释义

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

conversation 同义词解析

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。

conversation 双语例句

1. He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me.

他说完话站起来，直视着我。

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2. They can't believe you can even hold a conversation.

他们不敢相信你竟然能够把一场对话进行下去。

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3. I didn't let on to the staff what my conversation was.

我没有将谈话内容向员工们透露。

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4. The piano music mixes with the murmur of conversation.

钢琴的弹奏声混杂着低低的交谈声。

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5. The weather is a constant topic of conversation in Britain.

在英国，天气是交谈中永恒的话题。

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conversation 实用场景例句

The conversation turned to gardening.

话题转到了园艺上。

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I tried to make conversation (= to speak in order to appear polite) .

我设法找些话题。

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(North Amercian English)to get into a conversation with sb

开始与某人攀谈

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(British English)to get into conversation with sb

开始与某人攀谈

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a telephone conversation

电话交谈

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I had a long conversation with her the other day.

前几天我与她作了一次长谈。

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The main topic of conversation was the likely outcome of the election.

谈话的主题是选举可能产生的结果。

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Don was deep in conversation with the girl on his right.

唐与他右边的女孩在专心交谈。

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He's a talkative guy, and I struck up a conversation with him...

他是一个健谈的人，于是我开始和他攀谈起来。

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I waited for her to finish a telephone conversation.

我等着她打完电话。

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When I arrived I found her in conversation with Mrs Williams.

我到的时候，发现她正在和威廉斯夫人谈话。

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He had been trying to make conversation.

他一直在尽量找话说。

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I could not understand a single sentence without an English dictionary.

我那时合并字典就看不懂一个英文句子.

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She steered the conversation to more general topics.

她把谈话引向更为一般性的话题.

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She sat silently, flinging the odd word into the conversation from time to time.

她静静地坐着, 在谈话过程中不时插上一两句话.

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A chance conversation led to a brilliant new career for the young catering student.

一次偶然的谈话让这名年轻的餐饮业学生进入了一个前景一片光明的新职业.

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Someone has been listening in to our telephone conversation.

有人一直在窃听我们的电话谈话.

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The weather is a stock topic of conversation.

天气是老一套的话题.

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The conversation slows down the action of the play.

这些对话使剧情进展有所减缓.

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The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.

这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的.

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After she finished her conversation with flying colours, she hung up.

她出色地谈完之后, 把电话挂了.

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I'm afraid I must break this conversation short. I have to go now.

恐怕这次谈话只能到此为止, 现在我得走了.

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We were enjoying a pleasant conversation , until she sailed in with her unpleasant remarks.

我们正在愉快地交谈, 她却起劲地加了进来,说些没人爱听的话.

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There was a brief pause in the conversation.

对话中有短暂的停顿.

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The conversation was carried on in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.

会谈是在亲切友好的气氛中进行的.

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I latched on to their conversation.

我倾听他们的谈话.

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Her conversation was salted with wit.

她的话妙趣横生.

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I only caught the fag end of their conversation.

我仅听到他们谈话的结尾。

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