| 释义 |
verb kənˈvəːskənˈvərs [no object]Engage in conversation. she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother Example sentencesExamples - We had no trouble conversing with one another and before I knew it we were at the restaurant.
- Ten minutes later while I was conversing with my client, I felt a tap on my shoulder.
- For the two weeks we were there, it seemed like we were constantly conversing.
- Speaking in one voice emphasises the importance of listening when conversing.
- So there we were, none of us native French speakers, conversing in the one non-native language which we all shared.
- The rain thundered down for the rest of our meal, and we had to stay in the garage conversing in shouts and sitting in near darkness.
- It was a social evening with a high turnout of regulars mixing, mingling and conversing.
- He'd seated himself at our table conversing with some of the revelers when I joined the group.
- As we stood there conversing in this manner, a crowd gathered around to listen.
- It would be fair to say that, while we conversed amicably for what was a very long session, our views on international politics were not in accord.
- You know, just by conversing, you can really learn a lot about a person.
- The lounge had a welcoming, roaring fire and the notes of the piano rose above the sound of guests conversing over Martinis.
- Tom said that he came across the idea while conversing with Fred at his door.
- As the lads chatted and conversed in overwhelmed joy, Maria sat in a plastic chair, near the corner of the room.
- They were, as usual, conversing loudly, but I somehow managed to drown them out in my sleep.
- There is a lack of basic etiquette while conversing over mobile phones.
- I ate lunch with them daily as we conversed about various issues occurring in the United States.
- The least we all can do is to keep observing, thinking and conversing.
- After conversing quite frequently for a few more days, Mark sent a missive requesting we meet up for a few beers with his man.
- Soon millions of people were conversing across the oceans, often without knowing it.
Synonyms talk, speak, chat, have a conversation, have a talk, have a discussion, discourse confer, parley, consult with each other chatter, gossip informal chew the fat, chew the rag, gab, jaw, powwow, have a confab British informal natter, rabbit, witter, chunter North American informal rap, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull Australian/New Zealand informal mag formal confabulate
noun kənˈvəːskənˈvərs mass nounarchaic Conversation. his converse at such seasons was always elevating count noun it will be difficult in these converses not to talk of secular matter Example sentencesExamples - With that he disappeared back into the kitchen and he heard the low tones of converse resume.
- He was neither a wit nor a brilliant raconteur, neither well-read nor well-educated, and he made no great contribution to enlightened social converse.
Synonyms discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference
Derivatives noun kənˈvəːsə She sat facing the space between the conversers pouring tea for them when their cups were empty. Example sentencesExamples - She lifted her eyes from the bed to look up at her converser.
- Her converser let out a quick breath, almost a scoff.
- He's not exactly the best converser in the world.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'live among, be familiar with'): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari 'keep company (with'), from con- 'with' + versare, frequentative of vertere 'to turn'. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century. Rhymes amerce, asperse, averse, biodiverse, burse, coerce, curse, diverse, Erse, hearse, immerse, intersperse, nurse, perse, perverse, purse, reimburse, submerse, terce, terse, transverse, verse, worse noun ˈkɒnvəːsˈkɑnˌvərs 1A situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed. if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual Example sentencesExamples - The converse held true for two additional teaching methods, designing/revising a course and preparing effective lesson plans.
- It is easy to understand the strong feelings of smokers who feel victimized by the anti-smoking sentiments of the majority, sadly the converse is not true.
- For example, it is possible for a female spectator to be addressed, as it were, ‘in the masculine’, and the converse is presumably also true.
- Unfortunately for translators, and for readers of Goethe unfamiliar with German, the converse is also true: the poetry of the German language is of the essence of Goethe.
- The converse may well be true - wrongdoing on the part of the recipient may strengthen a claim for relief - but it does not follow that the absence of wrongdoing means that an injunction should not be granted.
- The converse is also true: when we do not understand how our mind works, the practice becomes difficult, if not impossible.
- They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but the converse may also be true.
- It is healthy for democracy, though the converse is also true; over-concentration of ownership in too few hands is bad for democracy.
- But the converse is also true: a single physiological experience may be symptomatic of a number of different emotions.
- But, then, the converse is also true: the Irish were good to America.
- Then, I realized, the converse must also be true: Whatever I don't have, I don't need.
- The converse is equally true: the Divine draws on the frameworks familiar to each individual in calling him or her toward itself.
- Clearly, there are people who are happier looking at the history of astrology and the philosophy behind it than actually sitting down with clients and doing charts - and people for whom the converse is true.
- Our interest in this problem began with the search for a converse to this statement.
- The converse is also true: An unstable East Timor would be detrimental to Indonesia.
- It's actually a bit more complex than that because moral facts are partly dependent on physical facts, but the converse is not true.
- But the converse can be true, as well: Sport sometimes puts supposedly life-and-death matters in perspective.
- The present paper is concerned with the converse: situations in which actions influence the perception of stimuli.
- Importantly, however, the converse does not hold true.
- The converse is true: When a robot is particularly unhumanoid, we seem to find it all the more ‘alive’.
Synonyms opposite, reverse, obverse, inverse, contrary, antithesis other side of the coin Italian per contra informal flip side - 1.1Mathematics A theorem whose hypothesis and conclusion are the conclusion and hypothesis of another.
Example sentencesExamples - It was first proved by Lagrange in 1773 who showed that the converse is true.
- Desargues's Theorem and its converse are of the first importance to mathematicians by reason of their complete generality.
- A complete characterization of this quotient ring and a short proof of the converse can be found in.
- The next year, Littlewood proved a profound converse of a famous theorem of Norwegian mathematician Abel on the summation of series.
- The converse is also true, i.e. that every rational number has a decimal fraction that either stops or eventually repeats the same cycle of digits over and over again for ever.
adjective ˈkɒnvəːsˈkänˌvərs Having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned. the only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay Example sentencesExamples - There is a converse relationship in the emphasis of the articles between the French Quebec and the English-language papers.
- Books reify the converse trend - from private to public goods.
- As a result, any resolution of this debate will be open to the charge that it goes too far - as well as the converse charge that it does not go far enough.
- Most restaurants and farms have converse hours.
- Apart from the applied fisheries literature, the converse link between adults and the production of cohorts of recruits has received much less attention.
- The two devices then perform the converse operation.
- In his intense scrutiny of the politics adhering to various forms, Benjamin shows a converse sensitivity to initial conditions.
- On the converse side, I know a girl who is so cripplingly insecure with such a fixed negative self image that she soon brings most other people around her to seeing her as she sees herself.
- He also notes the converse responsibility of policy makers to provide clear and unambiguous requirements to the intelligence community.
- The converse question is, what do we sacrifice by adopting the death penalty?
- His manager, too, appreciates the benefits of cups spilling over into the league and used a converse example to make his point.
- The obvious converse question is what do you achieve by legalising it?
- Obviously, the converse position also applies in that during a downturn in investment markets the impact is felt directly in terms of a reduction in the value of the retirement account.
- The converse case, in which we encounter humanlike brains and retinas but find no verbal behavior, is the situation we encounter in the question of animal consciousness.
- A converse prize for the most catastrophic failure to use force, leading to the greatest net detriment to the human condition, would also be interesting.
- A similar point can be made in converse fashion.
- Nor do I think using the converse argument is a valid point.
- The converse proposition is that if priority is given in that tension to ensuring that people are not out-of-pocket, all sorts of meritorious cases might not get to court.
- Some theorists have suggested that drug policy should drive the law rather than the converse strategy in place.
- Evidence exists that weight gain increases cancer risk, but the converse proposition that weight loss would reduce risk of the disease has not been confirmed.
Synonyms opposite, opposing, contrary, counter, antithetical clashing, incompatible, in disagreement, disagreeing, conflicting, differing reverse, obverse, inverse
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin conversus 'turned about', past participle of convertere (see convert). verbkənˈvərskənˈvərs [no object]Engage in conversation. he fell in beside her and they began to converse amicably Example sentencesExamples - The least we all can do is to keep observing, thinking and conversing.
- It would be fair to say that, while we conversed amicably for what was a very long session, our views on international politics were not in accord.
- You know, just by conversing, you can really learn a lot about a person.
- So there we were, none of us native French speakers, conversing in the one non-native language which we all shared.
- Speaking in one voice emphasises the importance of listening when conversing.
- He'd seated himself at our table conversing with some of the revelers when I joined the group.
- Ten minutes later while I was conversing with my client, I felt a tap on my shoulder.
- I ate lunch with them daily as we conversed about various issues occurring in the United States.
- Soon millions of people were conversing across the oceans, often without knowing it.
- We had no trouble conversing with one another and before I knew it we were at the restaurant.
- As the lads chatted and conversed in overwhelmed joy, Maria sat in a plastic chair, near the corner of the room.
- The rain thundered down for the rest of our meal, and we had to stay in the garage conversing in shouts and sitting in near darkness.
- For the two weeks we were there, it seemed like we were constantly conversing.
- There is a lack of basic etiquette while conversing over mobile phones.
- They were, as usual, conversing loudly, but I somehow managed to drown them out in my sleep.
- Tom said that he came across the idea while conversing with Fred at his door.
- The lounge had a welcoming, roaring fire and the notes of the piano rose above the sound of guests conversing over Martinis.
- After conversing quite frequently for a few more days, Mark sent a missive requesting we meet up for a few beers with his man.
- As we stood there conversing in this manner, a crowd gathered around to listen.
- It was a social evening with a high turnout of regulars mixing, mingling and conversing.
Synonyms talk, speak, chat, have a conversation, have a talk, have a discussion, discourse
nounkənˈvərskənˈvərs archaic Conversation. Example sentencesExamples - With that he disappeared back into the kitchen and he heard the low tones of converse resume.
- He was neither a wit nor a brilliant raconteur, neither well-read nor well-educated, and he made no great contribution to enlightened social converse.
Synonyms discussion, talk, chat, gossip, tête-à-tête, heart-to-heart, head-to-head, exchange, dialogue, parley, consultation, conference
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with’), from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th century. nounˈkɑnˌvərsˈkänˌvərs 1A situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed. if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual Example sentencesExamples - The converse is equally true: the Divine draws on the frameworks familiar to each individual in calling him or her toward itself.
- It is healthy for democracy, though the converse is also true; over-concentration of ownership in too few hands is bad for democracy.
- For example, it is possible for a female spectator to be addressed, as it were, ‘in the masculine’, and the converse is presumably also true.
- It's actually a bit more complex than that because moral facts are partly dependent on physical facts, but the converse is not true.
- Then, I realized, the converse must also be true: Whatever I don't have, I don't need.
- The converse is also true: An unstable East Timor would be detrimental to Indonesia.
- Our interest in this problem began with the search for a converse to this statement.
- Clearly, there are people who are happier looking at the history of astrology and the philosophy behind it than actually sitting down with clients and doing charts - and people for whom the converse is true.
- The converse held true for two additional teaching methods, designing/revising a course and preparing effective lesson plans.
- But, then, the converse is also true: the Irish were good to America.
- Unfortunately for translators, and for readers of Goethe unfamiliar with German, the converse is also true: the poetry of the German language is of the essence of Goethe.
- Importantly, however, the converse does not hold true.
- They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but the converse may also be true.
- But the converse is also true: a single physiological experience may be symptomatic of a number of different emotions.
- The present paper is concerned with the converse: situations in which actions influence the perception of stimuli.
- The converse may well be true - wrongdoing on the part of the recipient may strengthen a claim for relief - but it does not follow that the absence of wrongdoing means that an injunction should not be granted.
- The converse is true: When a robot is particularly unhumanoid, we seem to find it all the more ‘alive’.
- But the converse can be true, as well: Sport sometimes puts supposedly life-and-death matters in perspective.
- The converse is also true: when we do not understand how our mind works, the practice becomes difficult, if not impossible.
- It is easy to understand the strong feelings of smokers who feel victimized by the anti-smoking sentiments of the majority, sadly the converse is not true.
Synonyms opposite, reverse, obverse, inverse, contrary, antithesis - 1.1Mathematics A theorem whose hypothesis and conclusion are the conclusion and hypothesis of another.
Example sentencesExamples - Desargues's Theorem and its converse are of the first importance to mathematicians by reason of their complete generality.
- A complete characterization of this quotient ring and a short proof of the converse can be found in.
- The next year, Littlewood proved a profound converse of a famous theorem of Norwegian mathematician Abel on the summation of series.
- The converse is also true, i.e. that every rational number has a decimal fraction that either stops or eventually repeats the same cycle of digits over and over again for ever.
- It was first proved by Lagrange in 1773 who showed that the converse is true.
adjectiveˈkänˌvərsˈkänˌvərs Having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned. the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay Example sentencesExamples - A converse prize for the most catastrophic failure to use force, leading to the greatest net detriment to the human condition, would also be interesting.
- Most restaurants and farms have converse hours.
- Nor do I think using the converse argument is a valid point.
- Apart from the applied fisheries literature, the converse link between adults and the production of cohorts of recruits has received much less attention.
- On the converse side, I know a girl who is so cripplingly insecure with such a fixed negative self image that she soon brings most other people around her to seeing her as she sees herself.
- The two devices then perform the converse operation.
- The converse case, in which we encounter humanlike brains and retinas but find no verbal behavior, is the situation we encounter in the question of animal consciousness.
- Evidence exists that weight gain increases cancer risk, but the converse proposition that weight loss would reduce risk of the disease has not been confirmed.
- The converse question is, what do we sacrifice by adopting the death penalty?
- There is a converse relationship in the emphasis of the articles between the French Quebec and the English-language papers.
- His manager, too, appreciates the benefits of cups spilling over into the league and used a converse example to make his point.
- Some theorists have suggested that drug policy should drive the law rather than the converse strategy in place.
- In his intense scrutiny of the politics adhering to various forms, Benjamin shows a converse sensitivity to initial conditions.
- The obvious converse question is what do you achieve by legalising it?
- He also notes the converse responsibility of policy makers to provide clear and unambiguous requirements to the intelligence community.
- The converse proposition is that if priority is given in that tension to ensuring that people are not out-of-pocket, all sorts of meritorious cases might not get to court.
- Obviously, the converse position also applies in that during a downturn in investment markets the impact is felt directly in terms of a reduction in the value of the retirement account.
- As a result, any resolution of this debate will be open to the charge that it goes too far - as well as the converse charge that it does not go far enough.
- A similar point can be made in converse fashion.
- Books reify the converse trend - from private to public goods.
Synonyms opposite, opposing, contrary, counter, antithetical
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere (see convert). |