talk back

英 [tɔːk bæk]

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

• He knew better than to talk back to his father.
  他知道最好还是不要和他父亲顶嘴。
• Don't talk back to me, you big blue lout.
  别跟我顶嘴，你这个兰色的傻大个。
• When he found his two-year-old son learned to talk back, he felt angry and funny.
  当他发现两岁的儿子学会顶嘴了，他觉得又好气又好笑。
• In his youth he lost several jobs, just because he dared to talk back.
  他年青时，只不过因为敢顶嘴，就失业了好几次。
• You should not talk back to your mother.
  你不应该对妈妈顶嘴。
• You wouldn't let me talk back then.
  你从来不让我说以前的事。
• Melanie, don't talk back to your mother!
  梅拉妮，不许和你妈妈顶嘴！
• 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。
• 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。
• So you talk back to a senior?
  那你就可以和上司顶嘴吗？