dialogue

dialogue
(美 亦作 dialog)
noun
  1. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film
    (书本、戏剧或电影中两人或多人间的)对话
    the book consisted of a series of dialogues.
    这本书中有一系列的对话。
    [mass noun]passages of dialogue.
    几段对话。
    ■a discussion between two or more people or groups, especially one directed towards exploration of a particular subject or resolution of a problem
    (为探讨某个特定主题或解决问题而进行的)对话
    the USA would enter into a direct dialogue with Vietnam.
    美国愿意和越南直接对话。
    [mass noun]interfaith dialogue.
    不同宗教信仰团体间的对话。
verb
  1. [no obj.](chiefly N. Amer.)take part in a conversation or discussion to resolve a problem
    (主北美)(为解决问题而)参加对话,与…对话
    he stated that he wasn't going to dialogue with the guerrillas.
    他声明不和游击队对话。
    ■[with obj.]provide (a film or play) with a dialogue
    为(电影,戏剧)配上对白
常用词组
dialogue of the deaf
  1. a discussion in which each party is unresponsive to what the others say
    聋子的对话(指对话各方对其他方所说的话充耳不闻的对话)
派生
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French dialoge, via Latin from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai 'converse with', from dia 'through' + legein 'speak'
英语宝典
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