conversation的动词形式为converse。conversation作为名词,是可数名词,含义为“会话、交谈”;而converse作为conversation的动词形式,含义为“交谈、谈话”,此外,converse还可作名词和形容词,含义为“相反的事物、颠倒的”。
一、conversation的含义及双语例句
conversation作为可数名词,意为会话;(非正式)交谈,谈话。
例句:I had a long conversation with her the other day.
前几天我与她作了一次长谈。
The conversation turned to gardening.
话题转到了园艺上。
He's a talkative guy, and I struck up a conversation with him...
他是一个健谈的人,于是我开始和他攀谈起来。
When I arrived I found her in conversation with Mrs Williams.
我到的时候,发现她正在和威廉斯夫人谈话。
He had been trying to make conversation.
他一直在尽量找话说。
二、converse的含义及用法介绍
1、作为不及物动词时,意为交谈;谈话。
例句:Luke sat directly behind the pilot and conversed with him...
卢克就坐在飞行员后面,并且和他说着话。
They were conversing in German, their only common language.
他们正用德语交谈,这是他们唯一的共同语言。
I never see him myself without taking pains to converse with him.
我自已每次见到他的时候都努力去和他谈话。
2、作为名词时,意为相反的事物;(事实或陈述的)反面。
例句:The converse of this statement is that central bankers need to panic a little less.
这句话的反面意思是,央行行长们需要少一些恐慌。
3、作为形容词时,意为相反的,逆的,颠倒的。
例句:They started from the same place in converse direction.
他们由同一个地方朝相反的方向出发。
This paper introduces the fast calculation for the converse matrix of covariance matrix.
介绍了求协方差矩阵的逆矩阵的快速算法。
` parental 'and` filial' are converse terms.
'双亲的'和'子女的'是颠倒关系的术语。