| 单词 | converse |
| 释义 | converse (once / 51 pages) 1v 2adjn Converse is a more formal way of saying "carry on a conversation." You could converse with your best friend for hours over lunch, but continue the chit-chat through the afternoon matinee and you might get shushed. Oddly enough, converse was originally a verb meaning “to move about, live or dwell” when it first came into existence in the mid 14th century. But today we only use converse to talk about, well, talking. Quipped the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age?” A good question for marrying men and women! WORD FAMILYconverse: conversation, conversed, conversely, converses, conversing+/conversation: conversational, conversationalist, conversationist, conversations/conversational: conversationally/conversationalist: conversationalists/conversationist: conversationists USAGE EXAMPLESTonight, it’s a convergence of downtown, uptown, East and West — polo shirts with leather jackets, suits with Converse. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) They laugh and haltingly converse until closing time, when Kevin turns to the jukebox. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) Which is a funny thought considering the most popular characters of this world carry around lightsabers and converse with Wookiees. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 v carry on a conversation 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper discourse argue, contend, debate, fence have an argument about something interview, questionconduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting interviewdiscuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation interviewgo for an interview in the hope of being hired chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visittalk socially without exchanging too much information stickledispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) sparfight verbally bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabbleargue over petty things altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scraphave a disagreement over something opposebe against; express opposition to jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmoozetalk idly or casually and in a friendly way speak, talk exchange thoughts; talk with 1adj turned about in order or relation Syn reversed, transposed backward directed or facing toward the back or rear 2adj of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other `parental' and `filial' are converse terms Syn antonymous of words: having opposite meanings 3n a proposition obtained by conversion Hyper proposition (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
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