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
[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
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
Middle English: from Old French dialoge, via Latin from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai 'converse with', from dia 'through' + legein 'speak'