talk back

英 [tɔːk bæk]

美 [tɔːk bæk]

回嘴; 顶撞; 犟嘴

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 回嘴;顶撞;犟嘴
  If youtalk backto someone in authority such as a parent or teacher, you answer them in a rude way.
  1. How dare you talk back to me!...
     你竟敢跟我顶嘴!
  2. I talked back and asked questions.
     我顶了嘴，反问了几句。

双语例句

• When he found his two-year-old son learned to talk back, he felt angry and funny.
  当他发现两岁的儿子学会顶嘴了，他觉得又好气又好笑。
• If you want a robot that can cook or a television set you can talk back to, just wait.
  你想要有一个能做饭的机器人、一台你能同它对话的电视机吗？就等着吧。
• Not wanting to talk back either, he simply glared.
  也不愿还口。他只瞪了她一眼。
• Don't you talk back to me or I'll hit you.
  别还嘴，否则我揍你。
• But I know that your performance will talk back all these things.
  但我坚信你们的表现可以反驳一切。
• He tried to talk back, but his sister vociferously talked him down.
  他想回嘴，但他姐姐大声吵嚷，压倒了他。
• I wouldn't recommend you to talk back to your parents.
  我劝你不要和你父母顶嘴。
• Don't talk back to me, you big blue lout.
  别跟我顶嘴，你这个兰色的傻大个。
• You shouldn't talk back to your grandmother.
  你不该跟你奶奶顶嘴。
• Talk back like that one more time and I'll rip your tongue out!
  再那样顶嘴我就撕了你的舌头！