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。
• I talked back and asked questions.
  我顶了嘴，反问了几句。
• Not wanting to talk back either, he simply glared.
  也不愿还口。他只瞪了她一眼。
• You shouldn't talk back to your grandmother.
  你不该跟你奶奶顶嘴。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is very bad of you to talk back to your dad.
  你竟然和你爸爸顶嘴，真是太无礼了。
• He won't talk back to me, no way.
  他不会顶撞我的，这事没门。
• 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。