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talk·a·tive AHD[tôʹkə-tĭv] D.J.[ˈtɔːkətɪv]K.K.[ˈtɔkətɪv]adj.（形容词）- Marked by or having a disposition to talk.爱说话的：以爱说话的天性为特征的或有其天性的
talkʹatively adv.（副词）talkʹativeness n.（名词）talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble, verbose, glib- These adjectives mean having or marked by an inclination to talk.这些形容词指具有一种爱说话的倾向的或以这种倾向为特征的。
- Talkative is the most neutral and often merely suggests sociability: Talkative 是这些词中最为中性的一个词，经常只是暗示善于交际： Rather quiet at first, she grew very talkative over her second glass of sherry.一开始她相当沉寂，但在喝第二杯雪利酒时她开始变得非常健谈。
- Loquacious stresses fluency or readiness of speech: Loquacious 强调说话的频繁或敏捷： "Jack became loquacious on his favorite topic" (Frederick Marryat). “杰克在他最喜爱的话题上变得口若悬河” （弗里德里克·马里亚特）。
- Garrulous implies excessive talkativeness and often suggests rambling, tiresome speech: Garrulous 暗指过分的健谈并常常暗示着一种东拉西扯的、令人厌烦的谈话： "Old men are garrulous by nature" (Cicero). “老人的本性使他们絮絮叨叨” （西塞罗）。
- Voluble connotes a ready, sometimes unending flow of words: Voluble 意指毫不犹豫的，有时是没完没了的讲话： Her niece, an extremely voluble young woman,engages in soliloquies, not conversations.她的侄女是一个极其善谈、说起话来滔滔不绝的年轻妇人，她总是在独白，而不是对话。
- Verbose implies a great, usually excessive number of words: Verbose 暗指大量的，通常过多的话语： "a natural reserve accentuated by the verbose frankness of her husband" (W. Somerset Maugham). “她天生的缄默少言因其丈夫长篇大论式的坦诚而被加剧了” (W·索马瑟特·毛姆）。
- Glib refers to fluent, easy, and smooth speechthat often suggests shallowness, lack of sincerity, or questionable motives: Glib 指流利、轻松和平滑的谈话，这种谈话常常暗示着浅薄、缺乏诚意或值得怀疑的动机： "Was I too glib about eternal things?” (Theodore Roethke). “难道我对不朽事物太过于油嘴滑舌？ （西奥多·罗特克）
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