英语释义

• light informal conversation for social occasions

片语

idle talk閑谈，閑聊

chinwag聊天；谈天

英汉例句

• making small talk with people you don「t know well, such as your boss or a blind date, can be nerve-wracking especially if you want to make a good impression.

  其实，和别人聊天不一定是件痛苦的事，即便对方是你期待能对你留下好印象的老板，抑或是你希望能多见面的相亲对象。

• but after a minimum of small talk to put us at ease, it was down to more serious matters.

  不过，我们只花了很少时间閑聊来放松气氛，随后就把话题转到了比较严肃的话题上。

• happy people tend to talk more than unhappy people, but when they do, it tends to be less small talk and more substance.

  快乐的人比不快乐的人更易于说更多话，而且当他们开口时，更多的是有实质内容的交谈，而不是閑聊。

• believe it or not, making small talk can be fun - even for quiet personality types. making small talk is also an art that can be learned.

  信不信由你，就算你是个性格内向，相对安静的人，你也能和不熟的人来一段很有趣的閑聊，当然，这也是一门艺术，需要去学习。

• some westerners love small talk and are very good at it, while others do not like it and avoid it.

  有的西方人很喜欢閑聊，也对这个很在行。而也有人不喜欢，不怎么閑聊的。

• saya is capable of responding to shoppers’ questions and complaints in more than 700 different ways, directing them to the relevant floors and making small talk in between.

  塞娅能以700多种不同的方式回答顾客的问题和抱怨，指引他们到相关楼层，同时和他们閑聊几句。

• so when you」re at a networking event--formal or informal--do you stick to small talk and shy away from being an assertive networker?

  当你在一个正式或非正式的勾通互动活动中，你是否坚持小谈，避免成为一个唐突的、主动进取的交际人呢？

• researchers then listened to the recordings and identified the conversations as trivial small talk or substantive discussions.

  然后研究员会听这些录音，并分辨出这些谈话是属于平常的閑聊还是属于实质性的讨论。

• you can even talk about how uncomfortable you are making small talk – and ask them how they do it.

  你甚至可以告诉对方你不太擅长与人閑聊，你也可以问问对方是怎么能做的这么好呢？

• there「s small talk about sports, the weather, weekend plans--anything to find some common ground.

  你们可能会谈到体育，聊聊天气和周末有什么计划——任何能帮你们找到共同点的话题。

• making small talk doesn」t have to be painful, even if it's with a boss you want to impress or blind date you want to see a lot more of!

  其实，和别人聊天不一定是件痛苦的事，即便对方是你期待能对你留下好印象的老板，抑或是你希望能多见面的相亲对象。

• but according to a new study in the journal psychological science it might be best if you move from small talk quickly into a more substantial conversation.

  但是根据一项发表于《心理科学》杂志的最新研究，如果你能不仅限于随意的短暂交谈、而是延伸到更持久的谈话，情况会更好。

• she advises keeping small talk finely tuned and topical.

  她建议閑聊时要定好调子选好话题。

• to paraphrase 「curb your enthusiasm,」 you will elevate the discussion from small talk to medium talk.

  换句话说「抑制下你的热情」，你反而可以把沟通从「閑聊」的程度提升到「适度交流」。

• small talk plays an important role in the interview by helping to break the ice and put both parties at ease.

  閑谈在面试中起着重要的作用，它有助于打破紧张气氛，让双方都放松下来。

• it wouldn’t be so bad if nice people didn’t like small talk so much, but they seem to love it.

  如果友好的人不是非常喜欢小对话也不是件坏事，但是他们看起来喜欢。

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