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

• Will you talk up a bit?
  你再大声一点好吗？
• 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。
• Let's talk up the game and get a big crowd.
  咱们把这场比赛大肆宣扬一下，以便吸引更多的观众。
• So while other Wall Street honchos talk up a complex new product, if Lebenthal doesn't see it clearly," at the end, I say no. "
  因此，当其他华尔街老板讨论复杂的新产品时，如果亚历桑德拉对产品不看好，“最后我肯定会说不。”
• 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。
• The teacher asked the student to talk up.
  老师叫那个学生大声说清楚。
• 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。
• "Talk not up, I am quite sorry." China Ye shrugs shoulders, impartial face in counting to serious, there is no No.2th facial expression.
  “谈不上，我非常遗憾。”华烨耸肩，刚正的面庞除了严肃，没有第二号表情。
• The teacher asked the students to talk up.
  老师叫学生说清楚点。