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

• It makes sense for senior US and European officials to talk up the dollar against the euro as they did this week in the financial times especially now that optimism about the US economy makes their arguments plausible.
  欧美高官通过言论推高美元兑欧元汇率的做法（正如他们上周在英国《金融时报》所做的那样）当然没错，特别是如今对美国经济的乐观情绪使得他们的主张看似颇有道理。
• Bob can really talk up a storm.
  鲍柏说起话来真的可以滔滔不绝。
• 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。
• 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。
• The teacher asked the student to talk up.
  老师叫那个学生大声说清楚。
• Will you talk up a bit?
  你再大声一点好吗？
• Ms Merkel faces domestic political pressure to talk up the credibility that comes with persuading markets that governments will stick to the rules of the growth and stability pact.
  默克尔面临国内政治压力，要求她推崇可信度，这种可信度源自说服市场相信：各国政府将坚守《增长与稳定公约》的规则。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。