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

• How could you talk back to your boss like that?
  你怎么能那样与你上司顶嘴？
• He tried to talk back, but his sister vociferously talked him down.
  他想回嘴，但他姐姐大声吵嚷，压倒了他。
• 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。
• It is very bad of you to talk back to your dad.
  你竟然和你爸爸顶嘴，真是太无礼了。
• If my children talk back to me, I get teed off.
  我孩子要是跟顶嘴，我就发火。
• Not wanting to talk back either, he simply glared.
  也不愿还口。他只瞪了她一眼。
• Talk back like that one more time and I'll rip your tongue out!
  再那样顶嘴我就撕了你的舌头！
• It annoys me the way the children talk back to you like that.
  这些孩子象那样与你顶嘴使我很生气。
• If you want a robot that can cook or a television set you can talk back to, just wait.
  你想要有一个能做饭的机器人、一台你能同它对话的电视机吗？就等着吧。
• I talked back and asked questions.
  我顶了嘴，反问了几句。