| 单词 | to talk out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk out a. To utter or speak in familiar language (words, a tale, etc.); to express in talk or speech (matter, opinions, etc.). †Also with object clause.: see 3b to talk out, to utter freely, give full utterance to. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 396 Þat nan ne beo so wilde..þat word talie ne talkie [c1300 Otho talki] mid speche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 332 (MED) What wordez are þos..þat ȝe to-gedir talk? c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2133 Bot I wyl to þe chapel..& talk wyth þat ilk tulk þe tale þat me lyste. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 269 The modrys of eloquence the musys ix..wisely talke dytees ful delectable. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. ciii To heare heresyes talked and lette the talkers alone. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 24 Jan. 2/1 Let's leave him..and talk a little news that's common to the rest of the World. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. ii. i. 201 Why you talk Blasphemy almost. 1775 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 115 I have written many things to you that..I never could have talked. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 310 They could not talk scandal in any tongue but their own. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 58 An old friend to whom he could talk out his mind. to talk out 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. 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