请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 interlocutor
释义

Definition of interlocutor in English:

interlocutor

noun ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtəˌɪn(t)ərˈlɑkjədər
formal
  • A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But that's not what my interlocutors, particularly the German ones, really want.
    • The researchers constructed hypothetical conversations that differed in terms of their interlocutors, place, and topic.
    • All of these narratives unfold partly as dialogues with what seem to be sympathetic but ineffectual interlocutors, perhaps lawyers.
    • This is the response I wrote to one of my interlocutors in the comments.
    • This is why the current engagement between my interlocutors and myself is particularly valuable.

Derivatives

  • interlocution

  • noun ˌɪntələˈkjuːʃ(ə)nˌɪn(t)ərˌloʊˈkjuʃ(ə)n
    formal
    • Perhaps we are now in a better position, after our interlocutions with Douglas and Balthasar, to argue this more fully in closing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A while later, after having had the opportunity to reflect on the interlocution, I came to realise how professionally it was done.
      • David Makinson is reacting to the style of my interlocution, not its content.
      • With a minimum of plot, drama emerges from the power struggle and hide-and-seek of interlocution.
      • For the last three days I have been listening to recordings of oral interlocutions of such a numbing homogeneity as to leave your correspondent jaded in the extreme.

Origin

Early 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin interlocut- 'interrupted (by speech)', from the verb interloqui, from inter- 'between' + loqui 'speak'.

Rhymes

collocutor
 
 

Definition of interlocutor in US English:

interlocutor

nounˌɪn(t)ərˈlɑkjədərˌin(t)ərˈläkyədər
formal
  • A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All of these narratives unfold partly as dialogues with what seem to be sympathetic but ineffectual interlocutors, perhaps lawyers.
    • But that's not what my interlocutors, particularly the German ones, really want.
    • This is why the current engagement between my interlocutors and myself is particularly valuable.
    • This is the response I wrote to one of my interlocutors in the comments.
    • The researchers constructed hypothetical conversations that differed in terms of their interlocutors, place, and topic.

Origin

Early 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin interlocut- ‘interrupted (by speech)’, from the verb interloqui, from inter- ‘between’ + loqui ‘speak’.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 3:28:42