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

• You couldn't talk her up to27 cent?
  你就不能砍到两毛七吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Bob can really talk up a storm.
  鲍柏说起话来真的可以滔滔不绝。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Analysts talk up this idea of the byod ( bring your own device) to work, but the reality is that for major corporations with global reach, managing the smartphone flavor of the month is still incredibly challenging.
  分析师们大谈BYOD（带上自己的设备）去上班这一理念，但现实情况是，对于那些全球性的大公司而言，管理风靡一时的智能手机仍极具挑战性。
• It is politic for Indian bosses to talk up their ability to invent things that all can afford.
  对印度的老板而言，宣扬自己有能力生产每个人都能买得起的产品是个上策。
• 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。