单词 | dialog |
释义 | dialog (once / 17180 pages) n If the dialog in a movie doesn't ring true, it can affect the way you feel about the whole story. Dialog is any conversation in a book, film or play. Dialog is more commonly spelled dialogue, but either way it means "lines spoken by a character" or a conversation, either between fictional characters or real people. You might have a dialog with your boss if you're unhappy with your work hours and want to sit down and discuss your schedule. Dialog comes straight from the Greek dialogos with pretty much the same meaning, although it was originally used to mean a very formal type of speech or conversation. WORD FAMILYdialog: dialogs USAGE EXAMPLESWhether this differential impact on the U.S. is intended or not by the participants in such policy dialogs is unclear and somewhat irrelevant. Slate(Dec 02, 2016) Cudos to E Badger for this dialog and, as I see it, an accounting of the demise of my country. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) He predicts that within perhaps two years, people and bots powered by artificial intelligence will conduct complex dialogs. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) 1n a conversation between two persons Syn|Hyper dialogue, duologue talk, talking an exchange of ideas via conversation 2n the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction Syn|Hypo|Hyper dialogue duologue a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors book, playscript, script a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance 3n a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people Syn|Hyper dialogue literary composition, literary work imaginative or creative writing |
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