dialogue between/with• The Parents' Action Committee was continually frustrated in its attempts to seek a dialogue with the Council.• You, the climber, are not important, was what the mockingdialogue with your peersstressed.• Invent, too, some dialogue between Androcles and the lion.• Kim Il Sung also found the dialogue with the South to be beneficial, especially in breaking out of his diplomaticisolation.• Such, again, is the dialogue betweencivilization and civilizations of which we shall hear so much in this book.• These changes are shifting the character of the dialogue between the course team and the validation panel.• When their paintings are hung together the dialogue between them is very clear.
Origindialogue
(1100-1200)Old FrenchGreekdialogos, from dialegesthai“to talk to someone”
(NAmE alsodialog) ADJECTIVE | VERB + DIALOGUE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤close親密的對話◇There needs to be a closer dialogue between management and staff.管理層與員工之間需要進行更密切的對話。➤direct直接對話◇The government refused to engage in direct dialogue with the terrorists.政府拒絕與恐怖分子直接對話。➤healthy, honest, open有益的/開誠佈公的/公開的對話◇an honest and open dialogue about racial identity in the US關於美國種族認同的開誠佈公的對話➤public公開對話▸➤constructive, meaningful, real, serious建設性的/有意義的/真正的/認真的對話▸➤ongoing進行中的對話▸➤political政治對話◇a serious political dialogue認真的政治對話VERB + DIALOGUE➤engage in, have, hold參與對話;進行對話◇Managers are willing to hold a dialogue with union leaders.管理層願意與工會領袖進行對話。➤begin, create, enter into, establish, open, start開始/創建/進入/建立/展開/開啟對話◇His movies create their own dialogue with the viewer.他的電影開創了與觀眾的對話。◇The government must enter into a dialogue with industry on this issue.政府必須就此問題同業界展開對話。➤continue, resume繼續/恢復對話▸➤encourage鼓勵對話◇attempts to encourage dialogue between the two groups為鼓勵這兩個團體間進行對話作出的努力PREPOSITION➤dialogue about關於⋯的對話◇dialogue about concrete issues關於具體問題的對話➤dialogue among⋯之間的對話◇The school encourages a climate of dialogue among the teachers.學校鼓勵教師之間營造出一種對話的氣氛。➤dialogue between⋯之間的對話◇the need for dialogue between the two sides in the dispute爭議雙方進行對話的必要➤dialogue on有關⋯的對話◇a constructive dialogue on pay and working conditions有關工資以及工作條件的建設性對話➤dialogue with與⋯的對話◇They have agreed to resume their dialogue with the teachers.他們同意與教師恢復對話。