conversation

參見：convèrsâtion

英語

詞源

繼承自中古英語 conversacioun，來自古法語 conversacion及其同源詞，拉丁語 conversātiōnem，conversātiō (“會話”)的賓格單數，來自conversor (“駐足，陪伴”)。 型態分析為converse +‎ -ation。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩]
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɑɱ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃn̩]

• 音頻 (美國)：

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• 韻部：-eɪʃən

名詞

conversation (可數和不可數，複數 conversations)

1. 會話，談話，對話（自16世紀）

   近義詞：banter, chat, chinwag, dialogue, discussion, interlocution, powwow, table talk

   I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.

   昨天我与尼古拉斯就他的薪水进行了一次有趣的谈话。

   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations‎^[1]:

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

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   • 1897年12月 (標示為1898年)，温斯顿·丘吉尔，第V章，收錄於The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約：The Macmillan Company；倫敦：麥米倫出版公司，→OCLC：

     When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.

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   • 1968，Mac Davis，Billy Strange，「A Little Less Conversation」，由 Elvis Presley：

     A little less conversation, a little more action please / All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me

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2. (劍術) 刀劍來回交鋒的動作
3. (計算機，網路) 處理交易時系統之間基於協議的互動（自20世紀）
4. (棄用) 與他人的商業或交際；與他人交易（14世紀–18世紀）
   • 1526，[威廉廷代爾譯]，The Newe Testamẽt […]（丁道爾譯本），[Worms, Germany：Peter Schöffer]，→OCLC，「The Actes off the Apostles xj:[26], folios clxxi, recto – clxxi, verso」：

     Yt chaunſed thatt a whole yere they had their converſacion with the congregacion there / and taught moche people in ſomoche thatt the diſciples off Antioche wer the fyrſt that wer called Chriſten.

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5. (古舊) 行為，舉止；生活方式（自14世紀）
   • 1611，The Holy Bible, […]（King James Version），London： […] Robert Barker, […]，→OCLC，「Hebrews 13:5」：

     Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

     你們存心不可貪愛錢財；要以自己所有的為足；因為主曾說：『我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。』

   • 1624，Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton]，The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]，2nd版，Oxford, Oxfordshire：Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps，→OCLC：

     There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation, and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest.

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6. (棄用) 性交（16世紀–19世紀）

   近義詞：參見Thesaurus:copulation

   criminal conversation

   通姦罪

   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:

     Ariadne […] quitted her Lover Theseus, for the tumultuous Conversation of Bacchus.

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   • 1749，Henry Fielding，The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling [棄兒湯姆·瓊斯的歷史]，(please specify |volume=I to VI)卷，London：A[ndrew] Millar, […]，→OCLC：
     Folio Society 1973, p. 333:

     Our travellers had happened to take up their residence at a house of exceeding good repute, whither Irish ladies of strict virtue, and many northern lasses of the same predicament, were accustomed to resort in their way to Bath. The landlady therefore would by no means have admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof. Indeed, so foul and contagious are all such proceedings, that they contaminate the very innocent scenes where they are committed, and give the name of a bad house, or of a house of ill repute, to all those where they are suffered to be carried on.

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7. (棄用) 對特定主題、想法、研究領域等的參與（16–18世紀）

   近義詞：understanding, familiarity

   • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:

     So grosse is our conuersation, and dull is our apprehension: while mortall Sense, in vs, ruleth the common wealth of our litle world.

衍生詞

• conversational
• conversation analysis
• conversation heart
• conversation lozenge
• conversation piece
• conversation pit
• conversation set
• conversation stopper
• conversation-stopper
• criminal conversation
• make conversation
• topic of conversation

相關詞

• converse
• conversant

動詞

conversation (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 conversations，現在分詞 conversationing，簡單過去時和過去分詞 conversationed)

1. (非標準，及物、不及物) 參與會話
   • 1983, James Frederick Mason, Hélène Joséphine Harvitt, The French review:

     Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values...

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   • 1989, Robert L Gale, A Henry James encyclopedia:

     ...he has breakfasted me, dined me, conversationed me, absolutely caressed me. He has been really most kind and paternal...

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   • 2002, Georgie Nickell, I Only Smoke on Thursdays:

     After all this conversationing, Scottie, my usual dance partner, was getting antsy and wanted to dance.

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異序詞

• conservation, nanovortices

法語

詞源

借自拉丁語 conversātiōnem (“會話”)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/

• 音頻 (巴黎)：

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• 同音詞：conversations
• 斷字：con‧ver‧sa‧tion

名詞

conversation 陰 (複數 conversations)

1. 會話，談話，對話

   近義詞：bavardage, causerie, dialogue, discussion

上位語

• communication

下位語

• aparté
• interview

衍生詞

• avoir de la conversation
• faire la conversation
• guide de conversation
• conversationnel

延伸閱讀

• “conversation”在le Trésor de la langue française informatisé （《法语数字化宝典》）上的释义

異序詞

• conservation

因特語

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /kon.ver.saˈt͡sjon/, /-sjon/

名詞

conversation (複數 conversationes)

1. 會話，談話，對話