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

• But I know that your performance will talk back all these things.
  但我坚信你们的表现可以反驳一切。
• 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。
• 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！
• It annoys me the way the children talk back to you like that.
  这些孩子象那样与你顶嘴使我很生气。
• How could you talk back to your boss like that?
  你怎么能那样与你上司顶嘴？
• He tried to talk back, but his sister vociferously talked him down.
  他想回嘴，但他姐姐大声吵嚷，压倒了他。
• So you talk back to a senior?
  那你就可以和上司顶嘴吗？
• I wouldn't recommend you to talk back to your parents.
  我劝你不要和你父母顶嘴。
• In his youth he lost several jobs, just because he dared to talk back.
  他年青时，只不过因为敢顶嘴，就失业了好几次。