heart-to-heart

英 [ˌhɑːt tə ˈhɑːt]

美 [ˌhɑːrt tə ˈhɑːrt]

n.  坦诚亲切的交谈; 谈心
adj.  率直的，诚实的

复数：heart-to-hearts　

牛津词典

noun

• 坦诚亲切的交谈；谈心
  a conversation in which two people talk honestly about their feelings and personal problems
  1. to have a heart-to-heart with sb
     和某人谈心

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 贴心的谈话;坦率的谈心
  Aheart-to-heartis a conversation between two people, especially close friends, in which they talk freely about their feelings or personal problems.
  1. I've had a heart-to-heart with him...
     我和他进行了一次推心置腹的谈话。
  2. Before the wedding, I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother.
     婚礼前，我和母亲好好谈了谈心。

英英释义

noun

• an intimate talk in private
  1. he took me aside for a little heart-to-heart

adj

• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
  1. his candid eyes
  2. an open and trusting nature
  3. a heart-to-heart talk
  Synonym:candidopen

双语例句

• Because we are good students and heart-to-heart friends.
  因为我们是很好的同学加推心置腹的朋友。
• I've had a heart-to-heart with him
  我和他进行了一次推心置腹的谈话。
• Mary would like to have a heart-to-heart conversation with her mother.
  玛丽想和她母亲进行知心的谈话。
• Melissa's mother blurted out the truth in1996 during a heart-to-heart chat.
  1996年，她母亲在一次坦诚相见的谈话中对她说出了真相。
• Before the wedding, I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother.
  婚礼前，我和母亲好好谈了谈心。
• I told my friend that he had upset me and we had a heart-to-heart.
  我告诉我朋友说我对他有些意见，我们开诚布公地谈了一次。
• Communication between students and teachers should be a heart-to-heart talk.
  老师和学生间的交流应该是心与心的对话。
• But as a teenager I yearned for heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
  而正值豆蔻年华的我却渴望母女间有一种推心置腹的倾心交谈。
• A wise man once said that writing is the author having a heart-to-heart with himself;
  记得一位智者曾经说过，写作是作者和自己作心灵的交流；
• They had a heart-to-heart discussion about it.
  就此事他们进行了坦率的讨论。