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
- 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。 - You couldn't talk her up to27 cent?
你就不能砍到两毛七吗？ - As the president addressed a domestic audience to sell his deficit plan, Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, made three appearances on financial television programmes to talk up the creditworthiness of the US.
就在奥巴马向国内听众兜售其赤字计划同时，美国财长蒂姆盖特纳（TimGeithner）三次登上金融电视节目，鼓吹美国的信誉。 - Humphrey's talk stirred up even more controversy.
Humphrey的谈话甚至激起了更激烈的辩论。 - 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 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。 - Not only will kitchen small talk free up your mind for a few minutes, but it will also help you build positive relationships around the office.
一段茶水间里的小对话不仅可以放松你的身心，而且能够促进你和办公室里同事的关系。 - Talk it UP Every time you pick Up the phone, stand up and walk around.
每次聊天，你拿起电话，站立起来并且徘徊。 - 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。 - The teacher asked the students to talk up.
老师叫学生说清楚点。