动 （说话或讨论） talk，speak，chat，discuss；名 talk，conversation，a surname ；

[例句] 那么我们可不可以干脆谈点别的？ So, if we could just move onto something else?

[例句] 他把我叫到他的办公室私下谈了谈。 He called me to his office for a man-to-man talk.

negotiation，negotiate，transact，palaver；

[例句] 那意味着几个月的激烈谈判开始了。 That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining.

[例句] 这可能会在即将开启的谈判问题上给委员会带来过多的影响。 It might give the Commission undue influence over the coming negotiations.

conversation，talk，statement，chat，converse；

[例句] 妈妈,我们谈话时你不必陪着. Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk.

[例句] 他谈话时，一架军用喷气式飞机在镇子上空呼啸而过。 As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.

chat，engage in chitchat，a dish of gossip，bull session，cackle ；

[例句] 我没当母亲，所以觉得那样的闲谈无聊透顶。 Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.

[例句] 这本书里都是些饶有趣味的闲谈瞎扯。 The book is enjoyable hokum.

exchange views，confer，discuss，talk over，bargaining ；

[例句] 双方经过长期的商谈终于达成了妥协。 After lengthy talks the two sides finally reached a compromise .

[例句] 爸爸为那些商谈的进展而焦虑不安. Daddy was trembling with anxiety as to how the talks would go.

discuss，speak about，talk about，discourse，talk ；

[例句] 他爱说笑话，喜欢谈论啤酒和姑娘。 He cracked jokes and talked about beer and girls.

[例句] 他不喜欢谈论他自己，尤其是当着他学生的面。 He was disinclined to talk about himself, especially to his students.

talk with each other，converse，chat，have a conversation，colloquize ；

[例句] 我们认为他非常和蔼可亲，容易交谈。 We found him very approachable and easy to talk with.

[例句] 钢琴的弹奏声混杂着低低的交谈声。 The piano music mixes with the murmur of conversation.

engage in small talk，drag another into conversation，strike up a conversation，have a free and easy talk，chitchat ；

[例句] 他很自以为是，喜欢和别人攀谈。 He's very forward and confident and chats happily to other people.

[例句] 客人们边用餐边攀谈。 Guests ate and mingled.

peace talks，peace negotiations ；

[例句] 昨天在华盛顿举行的中东和谈有了取得进展的迹象。 Middle East peace talks in Washington showed signs of progress yesterday.

[例句] 和谈在混乱中破裂了。 The peace talks broke up in disarray .

have a heart-to-heart talk，commune，confabulate，confabulate with，cose ；

[例句] 基齐很善于引导别人与其谈心。 Kitzi was an adept at getting people to talk confidentially to him.

[例句] 婚礼前，我和母亲好好谈了谈心。 Before the wedding, I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother.

the way one speaks or what he says ；

[例句] 45岁的达芙妮·法洛外貌言谈都还像个稚气未脱的小女生。 Daphne Farlow, at forty-five, still looked and spoke like an overgrown schoolgirl.

[例句] 从你的言谈话语中,我看出你打算离开那个公司. I understand by your remark that you intend to leave the firm.

talk freely and to one's heart's content，speak glowingly of，collogue ；

[例句] 老朋友们聚会畅谈. The old friends met for a good talk.

[例句] 其他桌上的情侣们正一边饮酒一边畅谈，兴致很高。 At the other tables couples were now in a mellow mood, chattering happily and drinking.

strange tale，absurd argument，fantastic stories，fantasticality，mystery；

[例句] 这只不过是海外奇谈. It is nothing but a traveller's tale.

[例句] 认为吃胡萝卜可以改善视力的海外奇谈,多年前已祛除殆尽. The myth that eating carrots improves your eyesight was exploded years ago.

laughingstock，object of ridicule，comic stories，joke，drollery ；

[例句] 令人想象不到的是，这个男人已经成为了笑谈。 The man has become an unlikely figure of fun.

[例句] 我们正笑谈有关你哥哥的事情. We were laughing about your brother.

speak to sb. face to face，take up a matter with sb. personally，interview ；

[例句] 这件事只能在面谈时讨论. The matter can not be discussed except at a personal interview.

[例句] “ 不能在这儿谈, ” 布鲁诺说, “ 他想在秘密地方同你面谈. ” " No, " Bruno said. " He wants to see you in private. "

informal discussion，meander，ramble ；

[例句] 她的漫谈栏侧重于十几岁的青少年. She angled her column of chitchat toward teenagers.

[例句] 我们课后再 漫谈 这个问题吧. We'll talk about [ discuss ] the matter [ problem ] after class.

talks，confabulate with，interlocution，parley，talk ；

speak of [about]，talk about [of]，refer to，talking of ；

[例句] 谈到他时，她拭去了脸上的泪水。 She brushed away tears as she spoke of him.

[例句] 下午的小组谈到具体的上瘾病例以及其中的问题。 Afternoon groups relate to the specific addictions and problems therein.

whisper，collogue，talk behind closed doors，confidential talk；

[例句] 过去的12个小时首相一直在和财政部长们密谈。 The prime minister has been closeted with his finance ministers for the past 12 hours.

[例句] 高松年 汪处厚两人低声密谈. Kao Sung - nien and Wang Ch'u - hou talked confidentially in low tones.

mention，speak of ；

[例句] 唐告诉我这件事后，就谈起了他的母亲。 After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother.

[例句] 她谈起她的亲戚度假时，我觉得她心里酸酸的。 I sensed her wistfulness when she talked about vacations her relatives took.