| 单词 | talk up |
| 释义 | talk up1. phrasal verb If someone talks up a 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. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He'll be talking up his plans for the economy. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for talkTo talk someone or something up in negotiations means to persuade someone to pay more money than they originally offered or wanted to. [mainly British] Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun] talk up in British Englishverb (tr, adverb) to speak of or discuss favourably in order to arouse interest or support talk up in American English1. US to promote or praise in discussion 2. to speak loudly and clearly 3. US to speak boldly, frankly, etc. Examples of 'talk up' in a sentence |
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