| 词汇 | repartee |
| 释义 | repartee noun[ U ] uk /ˌrep.ɑːˈtiː/ us /ˌrep.ɑːrˈtiː/ quick and usually funny answers and remarks in conversation: 机敏的应答;妙语如珠的话 Oscar Wilde's plays are full of witty repartee.奥斯卡‧王尔德的戏剧充满了机智幽默的巧谈妙语。 Informal talking & conversation a problem shared is a problem halvedidiom banter bantering banteringly bants bloviate bull session buzz catch chew the fatidiom conversation conversational gambit palaver pass persiflage put the world to rightsidiom speech take/lead someone on/to one sideidiom tête-à-tête Examples of reparteerepartee Cale treats her comment as a piece of repartee. I take this up not as a point of repartee or party difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to indulge in any repartee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The patter and the repartee flow and only on a rare occasion is one left speechless on a doorstep. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Repartee is the answer which you think of on the way home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was known, rightly, as one of the great parliamentary performers, as a stump orator of genius, devastating in repartee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always think that the best repartee to that kind of nagging is when the train comes in on time, as trains increasingly do nowadays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the kind of repartee of which the country is absolutely sick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are some interruptions which are protected from repartee by their irrelevance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been the usual repartee between the parties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use trying to do this by repartee at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had hoped for a more constructive approach, setting aside all the repartee and rhetoric. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A classic piece of repartee was made by a lady of my acquaintance travelling in a non-smoking section of a restaurant car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the interminable queues before the foodshops it is your bons mots, your repartees, your songs, that we repeat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall miss the wit, repartee, and the cross-party banter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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