这些名词均含“交谈”之意。
conversation : 一般用词，指两个或更多人互相交换意见的交谈。
- She had a strange conversation with the man who moved in upstairs.
她跟搬到楼上的那个家伙进行了一次奇怪的交谈。 - It's impossible to hold/carry on a conversation with all this noise going on!
周围这么吵根本无法谈话！ - I struck up (= started) an interesting conversation with your uncle.
我跟你叔叔挺有兴趣地攀谈起来。 - Because of television, many people have lost the art of conversation (= talking to each other).
由于电视的缘故，许多人变得不善于与他人交谈了。 - Whenever I'm in a social situation with my boss, we seem to run out of conversation (= things to say to each other) after two minutes!
每次在社交场合跟老板在一起，两分钟过后我们好像就无话可说了。
dialogue : 指敌对国家、政治团体之间的对话。
- The rebel leaders stated that they are willing to enter into dialogue with the government.
叛军首领发表声明说他们愿意与政府进行对话。 - The two sides have at last begun to engage in a constructive dialogue.
双方终于开始进行建设性对话。
talk : 普通用词，可与conversation换用，指正式交谈。
- We were just talking about Gareth's new girlfriend.
我们刚才在谈论加雷斯的新女友。 - My little girl has just started to talk.
我的小女儿刚开始说话。 - She talks to her mother on the phone every week.
她每周都跟母亲通电话。
chat : 指熟人之间非常随便的交谈，强调谈话的亲密和非正式性。
- Why don't you give me a call and we'll have a chat?
为什么你不给我打个电话，我们好好聊一聊呢？ - I had a chat with my boss today about a possible salary increase.
今天我和老板随便聊了一下可能涨工资的事。 - It was the usual idle chat (= conversation about unimportant things).
那不过是普通的闲聊。
