| 单词 | to talk down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk down (to an audience) c. to talk big, tall, etc. (colloquial or slang): to talk boastfully; to indulge in inflated language; see also big adv. 3. to talk down (to an audience), to lower one's discourse to the assumed level of their intelligence; also transferred (in quots., of writers). to talk through one's hat: see hat n. Phrases 17; to talk through (the back of) one's neck: see neck n.1 Phrases 13; to talk turkey: see turkey n.2 2d. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak loudly or angrily thundera1340 raisec1384 to speak outc1515 jowlc1540 fulmine1623 to talk big1680 tang1686 to speak upa1723 to go ona1753 rip1828 whalea1852 yap1864 to rip and tear1884 megaphone1901 to pop off1914 foghorn1918 to sound off1918 loudmouth1931 woof1934 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies xvii. 224 I talk Big; and wherever I find an Hungry Buzzard, I throw him out a Bait. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 336 Some people think they need only talk loud and big and be very positive, to make all the World of their Opinion. 1841 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) I. 175 We are able to talk big about light and freedom. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xiv. 498 ‘Say it again—what you said about the sea,’ said Mary, more comforted than if Ethel had been talking down to her. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxi. 597 On the Fourth of July..the speaker feels bound to talk his very tallest. 1919 H. S. Walpole Jeremy ii. 43 He always talked down to us as though we were beings of another and inferior planet. He called it, ‘Getting on with the little ones.’ 1954 M. F. Rodell Myst. Fiction i. 1 This does not mean that mystery fiction need be hack work; nor that the authors of it must ‘talk down’ to their audiences. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 84/2 The authors for future titles all seem to be practising scientists. The problem will be whether they can achieve the necessary clarity of style without ‘talking down’ to their new audiences. to talk down a. With adv. or prep.: To influence, move, or affect by talking; as to talk down, (a) to put down by talking; to out-talk; (b) to reduce or diminish by talking; to denigrate or belittle; (c) Economics to depress the value of (a currency) or the price of (a commodity) by making tactical public statements; similarly, to talk lower; (d) see sense 9d. to talk (a person) into or out of, to persuade into, or dissuade from (something) by talking; to talk out, to talk to the end of; to carry on the discussion of (a bill in Parliament, etc.) till the time for adjournment is reached, and so frustrate its progress by preventing its being put to a vote; to talk (a person) over or round, to win over, or into compliance, by talking; to talk (a person) through (something), to provide with a commentary on (some event); to take through with helpful explanation; to talk (a thing) up, (a) to talk strenuously in support of, to ‘crack up’; (b) to discuss favourably; to stimulate interest in by talking, esp. exaggeratedly; to praise or advocate (chiefly U.S.); to extract from (a person) by persuasion. to talk (a person) up to, to bring (him) up to the point or level of (something) by talking. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > talk for the duration of to talk outa1639 down-talk1901 the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > persuade by talking talk1706 palaver1767 converse1824 statement1931 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > obstruct (business) to talk out1873 block1884 to speak out1893 a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 12 Why Mr. Thorney, d'ye mean to talk out your dinner? 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 60 A Friend who relates his Success, talks himself into a new Pleasure. 1706 J. Vanbrugh Mistake iii. i, in Wks. (1840) 449/1 [I have] told him the secret, and then talked him into a liking on't. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 166 He talks himself into a..Convert. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 286 I would be talking my self up to vigorous Resolutions. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 360 I fail'd not to talk up the Gallantry..of his..Majesty. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. xiii. 242 You shan't talk me out of my satisfaction. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiii. 269 She started no difficulties that were not talked down in five minutes. View more context for this quotation 1832 J. S. Mill Let. 25 Jan. in Wks. (1963) XII. 94 Most men in this country have a strong prejudice against any attempt to talk them over as the vulgar say. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) v. 117 Her that talk'd down the fifty wisest men. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xvi. 377 He..was talked-over by Prince Maurice, whom, unless he meant to be talked-over, he had no occasion to meet. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray I. viii. 151 Mrs. Butler Cornbury..talked her young friend up to the top of the tree. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons lvi He talked over Trevittick, who sulkily acquiesced. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vi. 165 You need not try to talk this out of my head. 1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 679 This little conversation led me to talk the matter up with the marble dealers. 1873 Punch 19 July 22/2 Mr. Beresford Hope ‘talked out’ the Bill. a1882 A. Trollope Autobiogr. (1883) I. v. 108 I received £20... The money had been ‘talked out of’ the worthy publisher by..my brother, who made the bargain for me. 1883 Cent. Mag. 25 527/2 ‘Talk him into taking a little rest’, said Helen. 1885 C. C. Harrison in Harper's Mag. Mar. 546/1 He must be talked into it. 1894 F. P. Cobbe Life I. 341 I do believe I could walk down anybody and perhaps talk down anybody too. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 9/3 Clever talkers are kept..to ‘talk up’ the patients to the highest possible fee. 1903 Speaker 21 Nov. (Suppl.) 3 Give Mr. Chamberlain time to talk himself out. 1931 Daily Express 5 Sept. 10/5 Amsterdam is taking a bearish view of Royal Dutch and is ‘talking’ the shares £2 lower. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August iii. 56 The old men and the old women trying to talk down his gleeful excitement. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 12 July 3/2 Thus far the dollar has been ‘talked down’. 1938 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 10 Nov. 1/7 (heading) Victorious Taft talks down 1940 chances. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) ii. 17 You talk it up like a longtime grifter. 1962 Spectator 28 Dec. 999/3 Most professionals [on the Paris Stock Exchange] are talking their market lower. 1967 Economist 4 Mar. 797/2 The non~mandatory system..will allow the Government, in American style, to ‘talk down’ a price. 1970 Bible (New Eng.) Prov. xix. 26 He who talks his father down vexes his mother. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 27 A year later when I made my Test debut against New Zealand at Lord's. Ted [Dexter] virtually talked me through the game. 1978 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 11/1 I am fed up with people talking down the NHS, failing to put things into perspective by pointing to the successes as well as the difficulties. 1980 Times 28 Jan. 19/2 For years the Silver Users Association..has been successfully talking the price of silver down. 1982 Nature 13 May 91/1 True, the Western media are delighted to talk up ‘Star Wars’ fantasies, the US shuttle, Ariane or Soviet space weapons. But they have overlooked the main substance of the Soviet [space] programme. to talk down d. to talk down: to provide (an aircraft) with directions by radio communication which enable it to land, esp. in overcast or emergency conditions. Also with in: chiefly applied to ships seeking landfall. Hence with the pilot or navigating officer as subj. Occasionally with other adverbs and prepositions. ΚΠ 1943 Plane Talk June 28/3 The bombardier talks the pilot ‘in’, telling him which way to turn. 1945 Sci. News Let. 25 Aug. 127/1 A blindfolded pilot..was ‘talked-down’ to the runway by a control operator. 1946 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 93 iiia. 1–4 124/2 If we make these aircraft carry simple radio receivers, and pin-point them with our accurate radar, it is quite possible to ‘talk them down’ by giving detailed instructions to the pilot. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 12 June ( b ed.) 3/4 The ground controlled approach equipment—through which a plane is ‘talked in’ to a landing. 1957 Times 24 Aug. 4/1 From information telephoned to Ford by police officers it [sc. the helicopter] was ‘talked’ to where two young girls and a young man were clinging to an overturned dinghy. 1960 ‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom 97 They get us on the radar screen and talk us down on to the runway. 1962 J. Dill in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit p. xviii Shephard was seated before a console..ready to talk John Glenn back to earth. 1967 Observer 2 Apr. 10/6 Ships could be advised of optimum routes and speeds as they approach port, and even ‘talked in’ through fog. 1970 Daily Tel. 21 Dec. 2/6 It is a ‘blind landing system’ in which a ground controller talks down an airliner in bad weather by watching its approach on a radar screen. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。