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

• 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。
• 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 knew better than to talk back to his father.
  他知道最好还是不要和他父亲顶嘴。
• Don't talk back to your grandmother, you should be polite to your elders.
  不要跟你的奶奶顶嘴，对长者应该有礼貌。
• Not wanting to talk back either, he simply glared.
  也不愿还口。他只瞪了她一眼。
• 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。
• You shouldn't talk back to your grandmother.
  你不该跟你奶奶顶嘴。
• How could you talk back to your boss like that?
  你怎么能那样与你上司顶嘴？
• Speaking to your parents, you'd better never talk back.
  跟你父母说话时最好不要回嘴。
• In his youth he lost several jobs, just because he dared to talk back.
  他年青时，只不过因为敢顶嘴，就失业了好几次。