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。
• Speaking to your parents, you'd better never talk back.
  跟你父母说话时最好不要回嘴。
• How could you talk back to your boss like that?
  你怎么能那样与你上司顶嘴？
• 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。
• How dare you talk back to me!
  你竟敢跟我顶嘴！
• Don't talk back to me, you big blue lout.
  别跟我顶嘴，你这个兰色的傻大个。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So you talk back to a senior?
  那你就可以和上司顶嘴吗？