conversation 音标拼音: [k
, ɑnvɚs'eʃən]
n .
C 会话,谈话;
U 会话,谈话
C 会话,谈话;
U 会话,谈话
conversation 交谈
conversation 交谈 对话
conversation n 1 :
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc .
Conversation \
Con `
ver *
sa "
tion \,
n . [
OE .
conversacio (
in senses 1 &
2 ),
OF .
conversacion ,
F .
conversation ,
fr .
L .
conversatio frequent abode in a place ,
intercourse ,
LL .
also ,
manner of life .]
1 .
General course of conduct ;
behavior . [
Archaic ]
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Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel .
--
Philip .
i .
27 .
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2 .
Familiar intercourse ;
intimate fellowship or association ;
close acquaintance . "
Conversation with the best company ."
--
Dryden .
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I set down ,
out of long experience in business and much conversation in books ,
what I thought pertinent to this business . --
Bacon .
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3 .
Commerce ;
intercourse ;
traffic . [
Obs .]
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All traffic and mutual conversation . --
Hakluyt .
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4 .
Colloquial discourse ;
oral interchange of sentiments and observations ;
informal dialogue .
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The influence exercised by his [
Johnson '
s ]
conversation was altogether without a parallel .
--
Macaulay .
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5 .
Sexual intercourse ;
as ,
criminal conversation .
Syn :
Intercourse ;
communion ;
commerce ;
familiarity ;
discourse ;
dialogue ;
colloquy ;
talk ;
chat .
Usage : {
Conversation }, {
Talk }.
There is a looser sense of these words ,
in which they are synonymous ;
there is a stricter sense ,
in which they differ .
Talk is usually broken ,
familiar ,
and versatile .
Conversation is more continuous and sustained ,
and turns ordinarily upon topics or higher interest .
Children talk to their parents or to their companions ;
men converse together in mixed assemblies .
Dr .
Johnson once remarked ,
of an evening spent in society ,
that there had been a great deal of talk ,
but no conversation .
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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
conversation ":
ESP ,
accents ,
answer ,
chat ,
chatter ,
collegiality ,
colloquy ,
comment ,
commerce ,
communication ,
communion ,
community ,
confabulation ,
congress ,
connection ,
contact ,
converse ,
correspondence ,
dealing ,
dealings ,
debate ,
deliberation ,
dialogue ,
discourse ,
discussion ,
elocution ,
exchange ,
fellowship ,
gab ,
gossip ,
information ,
interaction ,
interchange ,
intercommunication ,
intercommunion ,
intercourse ,
interplay ,
language ,
linguistic intercourse ,
message ,
observation ,
oral communication ,
palaver ,
parley ,
parole ,
prattle ,
rapping ,
remark ,
repartee ,
reply ,
response ,
social activity ,
social intercourse ,
social relations ,
speaking ,
speech ,
speech circuit ,
speech situation ,
talk ,
talking ,
telepathy ,
touch ,
traffic ,
truck ,
two -
way communication ,
ventilation ,
words ,
yakkety -
yak ,
yakking
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