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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• Humphrey's talk stirred up even more controversy.
  Humphrey的谈话甚至激起了更激烈的辩论。
• 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？
• But while others talk up the world-changing power of the internet, he is under no illusions that it will do much to improve the lives of the world's poorest.
  但当别人津津乐道互联网拥有改变世界的力量时，他却不抱任何幻想，认为互联网对改善世界穷人的生活不会起到太大帮助。
• Hu apparently felt it was worth having Apple Talk lark up at these conferences.
  胡显然认为苹果在会议上讨论Lark是大有裨益的。
• 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。
• He is afraid to talk up when he disagrees with the teacher.
  他不同意老师的意见时，不敢直说。
• Bob can really talk up a storm.
  鲍柏说起话来真的可以滔滔不绝。
• Will you talk up a bit?
  你再大声一点好吗？