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

• You wouldn't let me talk back then.
  你从来不让我说以前的事。
• 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。
• Talk back like that one more time and I'll rip your tongue out!
  再那样顶嘴我就撕了你的舌头！
• Don't talk back to me, you big blue lout.
  别跟我顶嘴，你这个兰色的傻大个。
• 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。
• 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。
• So you talk back to a senior?
  那你就可以和上司顶嘴吗？
• You shouldn't talk back to a noncommissioned officer.
  你不应该和士官顶嘴。
• Not wanting to talk back either, he simply glared.
  也不愿还口。他只瞪了她一眼。
• And that when you talk back to your mother you learn what Ivory soap tastes like.
  而当你跟你母亲顶嘴时，希望她叫你尝一尝象牙肥皂的滋味。