talk back

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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

• You wouldn't let me talk back then.
  你从来不让我说以前的事。
• You should not talk back to your mother.
  你不应该对妈妈顶嘴。
• How dare you talk back to me!
  你竟敢跟我顶嘴！
• 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。
• Don't talk back to your grandmother, you should be polite to your elders.
  不要跟你的奶奶顶嘴，对长者应该有礼貌。
• How could you talk back to your boss like that?
  你怎么能那样与你上司顶嘴？
• Yet now can I talk back to you, even as I am doing here.
  然而如今，我却可以直接答复你们，正如我现在正在做的。
• 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。
• Melanie, don't talk back to your mother!
  梅拉妮，不许和你妈妈顶嘴！
• 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。