conversation
UK [ˌkɒn.və'seɪ.ʃən] US [ˌkɑ:n.vɚ-] noun countable or uncountable
ESSENTIAL
■(a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information are exchanged 交谈，谈话，对话•She had a strange conversation with the bloke who's moved in upstairs.她跟搬到楼上的那个家伙进行了一次奇怪的交谈。 •It's impossible to hold/carry on a conversation with all this noise going on!周围这么吵根本无法谈话！ •I struck up (= started) an interesting conversation with your uncle.我跟你叔叔挺有兴趣地攀谈起来。 •Because of television, many people have lost the art of conversation (= talking to 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 a social situation with my boss, we seem to run out of conversation (= things to say to each other) after two minutes!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。
UK [ˌkɒn.və'seɪ.ʃən] US [ˌkɑ:n.vɚ-] noun countable or uncountable
make conversation
■to say things to someone who you do not know well, in order to be polite 没话找话，说应酬话•I was just trying to make conversation.我只是尽力说些应酬话。 |