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

• Are you looking at may be running a marathon but your scared of the distance, you may have seen so many people fail or just talk it up but never do the run.
  您是否正在考虑跑一个马拉松，但是又对这个距离感到恐惧，您可能看到许多人败下阵来，或只是谈论而不参与。
• "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。
• 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。
• Humphrey's talk stirred up even more controversy.
  Humphrey的谈话甚至激起了更激烈的辩论。
• Will you talk up a bit?
  你再大声一点好吗？
• You couldn't talk her up to27 cent?
  你就不能砍到两毛七吗？
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。