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

• Talk it UP Every time you pick Up the phone, stand up and walk around.
  每次聊天，你拿起电话，站立起来并且徘徊。
• 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。
• It makes sense for senior US and European officials to talk up the dollar against the euro as they did this week in the financial times especially now that optimism about the US economy makes their arguments plausible.
  欧美高官通过言论推高美元兑欧元汇率的做法（正如他们上周在英国《金融时报》所做的那样）当然没错，特别是如今对美国经济的乐观情绪使得他们的主张看似颇有道理。
• 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。
• 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。
• You couldn't talk her up to27 cent?
  你就不能砍到两毛七吗？
• 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。
• You're in a position to talk me up.
  你要在她面前帮我说好话。
• I want everyone here to talk up our upcoming dance.
  我希望这儿的每个人都为我们即将来临的舞会做宣传。