conversation
英 [kɒnvə'seɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,kɑnvɚ'seʃən]
- n. 交談，會話；社交；交往，交際；會談；（人與計算機的）人機對話
助記提示
1、con- "with" + vers- [versare (vertere的反複體，反複動詞：versare) => vers-] + -ation.
2、字麵含義：turn with sb, turn to with sb, turn around with sb, turn to company with sb(表示轉而和某人在一起，轉而陪伴某人，和某人一起轉悠). => keep company with sb, live with sb. => 陪伴，交往，社交，交談，談話。
3、turn理解為中文裏的“轉悠”，表示和某人一起到處轉悠轉悠，也行。
4、vertere => 反複體：versare. => 被動體：versari, 字麵含義：keep to be turned, 由此引申為：abide, remain, live; 表示：保持下去，繼續下去，維持下去。=> vers-. 該詞的vers-就取這樣的含義。
5. 共同的扭轉話題。
6. 共同圍繞一個話題才能說。
中文詞源
conversation 談話來自converse, 談話。
英文詞源
- conversation
- conversation: [14] Latin convertere meant ‘turn round, transform’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and vertere ‘turn’ (source of English verse, version, and vertigo). It has spawned a variety of English words, its most direct descendant being convert [13]. Its past participle conversus produced the noun converse ‘opposite’ [16], but this should not be confused with the verb converse ‘talk’ [14], which came via quite a different route.
Latin vertere had a specialized form, vertāre, denoting repeated action. From it came versārī ‘live, occupy oneself’, which, with the addition of the com- prefix, produced conversārī ‘live, dwell, associate or communicate with others’. This passed via Old French converser into English, but at first both it and its derivative conversation were limited semantically to the notion of ‘dwelling’ and ‘social life’; the specific modern sense ‘talk’ was not brought into play until the late 16th century.
=> convert, verse, version - conversation (n.)
- mid-14c., "living together, having dealings with others," also "manner of conducting oneself in the world;" from Old French conversation, from Latin conversationem (nominative conversatio) "act of living with," noun of action from past participle stem of conversari "to live with, keep company with," literally "turn about with," from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + vertare, frequentative of vertere (see versus).
Specific sense of "talk" is 1570s. Used as a synonym for "sexual intercourse" from at least 1511, hence criminal conversation, legal term for adultery from late 18c. Related: Conversationalist; conversationist.
雙語例句
- 1. He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me.
- 他說完話站起來，直視著我。
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- 2. They can't believe you can even hold a conversation.
- 他們不敢相信你竟然能夠把一場對話進行下去。
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- 3. I didn't let on to the staff what my conversation was.
- 我沒有將談話內容向員工們透露。
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- 4. The piano music mixes with the murmur of conversation.
- 鋼琴的彈奏聲混雜著低低的交談聲。
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- 5. The weather is a constant topic of conversation in Britain.
- 在英國，天氣是交談中永恒的話題。
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