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talk something down


phrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/ us /tɑːk/
to talk about something in a way that makes it seem less important or less serious than it really is: 贬低;贬抑
He began his lecture by talking down the initiatives of a rival company.他在讲座一开始就贬低竞争对手的计划。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Treating as unimportant
blow something/someone off
brush
brush someone/something aside
chopped liver
damn
denigrate
denigration
laugh
laugh something off
leave something at the dooridiom
look down on someone
minoritize
mock
never
shrug
shrug away
shrug something off
skate
skate over/around something
sniff at something

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Exaggerating & playing down

talk someone down


phrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/ us /tɑːk/

(PREVENT)


UK
to speak loudly or without stopping to prevent someone else from speaking: 以高声(或连续)讲话制止(某人)说话
I tried to explain, but he just talked me down.我想解释一下,但他根本不让我插话。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Interrupting & preventing from speaking
accost
barge
belt up
blurt something out
break someone in
chime
chip
chip (something) in
horn in
interpolation
interrupt
interruption
mike check
nobble
not get a word in edgewaysidiom
put a sock in it!idiom
shut your mouth/faceidiom
speak
strike
waylay
mainly US
to persuade someone that he or she is wrong or should not act: 说服(某人)承认错误;说服(某人)放弃做(某事)
Just as soon as the President voiced his dissent, his advisors talked him down.总统刚出声表示异议,他的顾问就立刻说服他打消这个念头。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sucker
sway
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable
unsaleable

(PERSUADE)


to persuade someone who is threatening to kill himself or herself not to jump from a high place: 劝(企图自杀者)从高处下来
The policeman talked the girl down after she had been on the roof for two hours.那个女孩在屋顶上呆了两小时后,终于被警察劝了下来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sucker
sway
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable
unsaleable

talk down someone | American Dictionary


talk down someone


phrasal verb with talkverb[ I/T ]us/tɔk/
to persuade someone that he or she is wrong or should not act:
Just as soon as the President voiced his dissent, his advisors talked him down.

talk down something


phrasal verb with talkverb[ I/T ]us/tɔk/
to tell people that something is not important or interesting:
Bonds is doing everything possible to talk down his achievements.

talk sth down | Business English


talk sth down


phrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/us
to talk about something in a way that makes it seem less important or less serious than it really is:
He talked down the cost of the project.
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