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

• Not only will kitchen small talk free up your mind for a few minutes, but it will also help you build positive relationships around the office.
  一段茶水间里的小对话不仅可以放松你的身心，而且能够促进你和办公室里同事的关系。
• Don't hesitate to talk up if you think you are right.
  如果你认为你是对的，就不要犹豫，爽爽快快地讲好了。
• From one perspective, his enthusiasm is hardly surprising: he has pinpointed this area as Google's next big market and has plenty of reason to talk up the prospects.
  从某种角度而言，他的这种热情没什么值得惊讶的：他已瞄准这个领域，将其作为谷歌的下一个大市场，而且有很多理由畅谈未来的前景。
• "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。
• Humphrey's talk stirred up even more controversy.
  Humphrey的谈话甚至激起了更激烈的辩论。
• Small talk takes up big time, he says, so when people start to tell you about their weekends, cut them off politely with something like I'm in the middle of something, but what's up?
  闲聊会占用大量时间，所以当有人开始跟你讲他们的周末，友好的打断他们，比如说我正在忙，有什么事吗？
• You couldn't talk her up to27 cent?
  你就不能砍到两毛七吗？
• The teacher asked the student to talk up.
  老师叫那个学生大声说清楚。
• 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。
• Attempts to talk up the US dollar have been unsuccessful because the markets do not believe interest rates will be raised in the face of a troubling economic outlook.
  美国政府放言力挺美元的尝试已告失败，因为市场认为，在经济前景堪忧的形势下，美元利率不会上调。