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
- 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。 - 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。 - Analysts talk up this idea of the byod ( bring your own device) to work, but the reality is that for major corporations with global reach, managing the smartphone flavor of the month is still incredibly challenging.
分析师们大谈BYOD(带上自己的设备)去上班这一理念,但现实情况是,对于那些全球性的大公司而言,管理风靡一时的智能手机仍极具挑战性。 - Small talk takes up big time, he says, so when people start to tell you about their weekends, cut them off politely with something like I'm in the middle of something, but what's up?
闲聊会占用大量时间,所以当有人开始跟你讲他们的周末,友好的打断他们,比如说我正在忙,有什么事吗? - Humphrey's talk stirred up even more controversy.
Humphrey的谈话甚至激起了更激烈的辩论。 - It makes sense for senior US and European officials to talk up the dollar against the euro as they did this week in the financial times especially now that optimism about the US economy makes their arguments plausible.
欧美高官通过言论推高美元兑欧元汇率的做法(正如他们上周在英国《金融时报》所做的那样)当然没错,特别是如今对美国经济的乐观情绪使得他们的主张看似颇有道理。 - Let's talk up the game and get a big crowd.
咱们把这场比赛大肆宣扬一下,以便吸引更多的观众。 - 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。 - 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。 - If we talk up the event, people will surely come.
如果我们极力谈论那项活动,人们一定会参加的。