talk up
英 [tɔːk ʌp]
美 [tɔːk ʌp]
夸大; 过分夸奖; 吹捧; 说服…提高出价; 抬高…的价格
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 夸大;过分夸奖;吹捧
If someonetalks upa 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...
政治家们谴责媒体夸大了发生骚乱的可能性。 - He'll be talking up his plans for the economy.
他会大肆吹捧自己制定的经济计划。
- Politicians accuse the media of talking up the possibility of a riot...
- PHRASAL VERB 说服…提高出价;抬高…的价格
Totalksomeone or somethingupin negotiations means to persuade someone to pay more money than they originally offered or wanted to.- Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down.
克拉克不断把价格向上抬,而威尔金森则不断往下压。
- Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down.
双语例句
- He'll be talking up his plans for the economy.
他会大肆吹捧自己制定的经济计划。 - From one perspective, his enthusiasm is hardly surprising: he has pinpointed this area as Google's next big market and has plenty of reason to talk up the prospects.
从某种角度而言,他的这种热情没什么值得惊讶的:他已瞄准这个领域,将其作为谷歌的下一个大市场,而且有很多理由畅谈未来的前景。 - Ms Merkel faces domestic political pressure to talk up the credibility that comes with persuading markets that governments will stick to the rules of the growth and stability pact.
默克尔面临国内政治压力,要求她推崇可信度,这种可信度源自说服市场相信:各国政府将坚守《增长与稳定公约》的规则。 - It is politic for Indian bosses to talk up their ability to invent things that all can afford.
对印度的老板而言,宣扬自己有能力生产每个人都能买得起的产品是个上策。 - Humphrey's talk stirred up even more controversy.
Humphrey的谈话甚至激起了更激烈的辩论。 - But while others talk up the world-changing power of the internet, he is under no illusions that it will do much to improve the lives of the world's poorest.
但当别人津津乐道互联网拥有改变世界的力量时,他却不抱任何幻想,认为互联网对改善世界穷人的生活不会起到太大帮助。 - I want everyone here to talk up our upcoming dance.
我希望这儿的每个人都为我们即将来临的舞会做宣传。 - Will you talk up a bit?
你再大声一点好吗? - Bob can really talk up a storm.
鲍柏说起话来真的可以滔滔不绝。 - The teacher asked the student to talk up.
老师叫那个学生大声说清楚。