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have a talk (with sb)
表示进行谈话，通常用于非正式场合。
I had a talk with my teacher.
我和老师进行了一次谈话。
交谈；谈话；讨论
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交谈；谈话；讨论
A conversation or discussion, usually serious and informal.
I had a talk with my teacher.
我和老师进行了一次谈话。
A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
通过对话交流思想
an exchange of ideas via conversation
A lecture.
讨论(‘谈论’是‘讨论’的非正式替代)
discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
We had a long talk about our summer plans.
我们关于暑假计划进行了一次长谈。
AI contextual example
The teacher wants a private talk with your parents after class.
老师想课后和你父母私下谈一谈。
AI contextual example
After the meeting, the two leaders had a friendly talk in the corridor.
会后，两位领导在走廊里友好地交谈了一番。
AI contextual example
let's have more work and less talk around here
咱们在这里少说空话,多干实事。
WordNet
表示进行谈话，通常用于非正式场合。
I had a talk with my teacher.
我和老师进行了一次谈话。
表示做一次正式或半正式的演讲。
She gave a talk on climate change.
她就气候变化做了一次演讲。
强调谈话的主题内容。
We had a long talk about our plans.
我们就我们的计划进行了长时间的谈话。
Not this
I want to talk English.
Use this
I want to speak English.
汉语的“说”在表示“说某种语言”时，英语中要用speak而不用talk，因为talk通常表示交谈或谈论，不用于语言能力。
Not this
We talked the problem yesterday.
Use this
We talked about the problem yesterday.
talk作为动词表示“谈论某事”时，必须搭配介词about，不能直接跟宾语。这是英语中常见的及物性错误，受汉语“谈论问题”的直译影响。
Not this
We had a talk the project.
Use this
We had a talk about the project.
名词talk表示“谈论”时，后面需要接介词about来引出话题，否则句子结构不完整。汉语中的“谈话项目”省略了介词，但英语必须使用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
闲聊
She is good at making small talk at parties.
她在派对上很擅长闲聊。
鼓舞士气的讲话
The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
教练在比赛前给团队做了鼓舞士气的讲话。
脱口秀
He appeared on a popular talk show last night.
他昨晚出现在一个热门脱口秀节目中。
发表演讲
The professor will give a talk on climate change.
教授将就气候变化发表演讲。
闲谈
We wasted time in idle talk instead of working.
我们浪费时间闲谈而不是工作。
关于…的谈话
We had a long talk about our future plans.
我们就未来的计划进行了长时间的谈话。
闲聊；寒暄
I'm not very good at making small talk at parties.
我不太擅长在聚会上闲聊。
闲谈；流言蜚语
Don't believe the idle talk going around the office.
不要相信办公室里的闲言碎语。
街谈巷议的话题
The new restaurant is the talk of the town.
这家新餐馆成了全城热议的话题。
Use talk naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记‘talk’为‘谈话’：想象一张嘴在‘滔滔’不绝地说话，‘talk’的‘t’像舌头。
语域：mixed 常见场景：casual conversation、formal lecture、rumor/gossip 该词作为名词时，既可用于日常非正式交谈，也可用于正式演讲或指代流言蜚语，因此register选择混合。
These words all rhyme with 'talk', with the 'alk' spelling pronounced /ɔːk/. Note that 'talk' itself is not included.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.