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单词 conversation
释义
conversation
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/
A1
(a)talkbetween two or morepeoplein whichthoughts,feelings, andideasareexpressed,questionsareaskedandanswered, ornewsandinformationisexchanged:
交谈，谈话，对话
Shehadastrangeconversationwiththe man whomovedinupstairs.她跟搬到楼上的那个家伙进行了一次奇怪的交谈。
It'simpossibletohold/carryona conversation with all thisnoisegoing on!周围这么吵根本无法谈话！
Istruckup(=started)aninterestingconversationwithyouruncle.我跟你叔叔挺有兴趣地攀谈起来。
Because oftelevision, manypeoplehavelosttheartof conversation(=talkingto each other).由于电视的缘故，许多人变得不善于与他人交谈了。
Whenever I'm in asocialsituationwith myboss, weseemtorunout ofconversation(= things to say to each other)after twominutes!每次在社交场合跟老板在一起，两分钟过后我们好像就无话可说了。
More examples
  • Shefellinto a conversation with a man at thebar.
  • There arecertaintopicsof conversation that are notsuitableforpolitesociety.
  • Shecompletelymonopolizedthe conversation atlunch.
  • BrotherMichael andBrotherJohnweredeepin conversation.
  • IwishDad wouldstoplisteningin on myphoneconversations.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Informal talking & conversation
  • badinage
  • banter
  • bantering
  • bants
  • bloviate
  • bull session
  • buzz
  • catch up withsomeone
  • chinwag
  • chit-chat
  • discourse
  • exchange
  • gas
  • heart-to-heart
  • intercourse
  • pass
  • ultra-casual
  • understand
  • vox pop
  • word-of-mouth
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Idiom

make conversation
(Definition ofconversationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

conversation| American Dictionary

conversation
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌkɑn·vərˈseɪ·ʃən/
aninformal, usuallyprivate,talkin which two or morepeopleexchangethoughts,feelings, orideas, or in whichnewsorinformationis given ordiscussed:
[C]We had abriefconversationFriday.
[U]Thetopicof conversation wascollegeplans.
If you make conversation, youcausesomeone totalkto you,esp. aboutunimportantmatters.

conversational

adjectiveus
/ˌkɑn·vərˈseɪ·ʃə·nəl/
Herarelyspeaksin anormalconversationaltone.
(Definition ofconversationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

conversation| Business English

conversation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən/us
adiscussionwith someone about aparticularsubject:
have a conversationWebelievethecompanyhas theresourcesitneeds, but if more isneeded, we'll have that conversation.
(Definition ofconversationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconversation

conversation
To the extent that conversations are implicitly expected or planned to co-occur with dinners, coffee breaks, or other scheduled activities, they are also temporally constrained.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In comparison to ordinary conversations, less common words are employed in both informational and narrative texts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Clarification requests play an important role in effective conversations, and children must learn the conversational rules for interpreting and responding to such requests.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such regularities in conversations are the subject matter of sociolinguistics - the study of how social settings and roles influence language use.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An initial warm-upconversationwas followed by four narrative tasks in which the child was expected to produce at least one narrative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The first one is unlikely to occur in everydayconversation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The food is typically served only after any business, such as praying, is complete, and only then is there muchconversation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Without such specification, it remains unclear why some changes made inconversationlead to corrections, and others don't.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hearing a piece of music evoked memories from a person's past, and spurredconversationwith others about past experiences.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The literature reviews give manageable starting places for grounding such research projects in a variety of disciplinary conversations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, with regard to theconversationit seems reasonable to assume that less dominance would have been observed had both participants received equal instruction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Current lack of such data is easily explained through difficulties of recording private conversations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The translation task was always conducted first and was separated by at least 40 min ofconversationfrom the grammaticality judgment task.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In anyconversationwhere information is conveyed, the interlocutors must have somewhat different models, at least before the end of theconversation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Only statements and conversations considered to be subversive or dangerous attracted the attention of those in authority and came to be recorded via judicial processes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithconversation

conversation

These are words often used in combination withconversation.

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brief conversation
We had abriefconversation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
casual conversation
It can frequently be heard in newscasts as well as incasualconversation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
everyday conversation
Complaining and arguing ineverydayconversation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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