I assuaged my conscience with empty words.

但我用空洞话语安慰我良知。

Even upbeat words with positive associations can be tarnished and discredited.

即使带有积极联想乐话语也会被玷污和抹黑。

You're buying access into conversation. You're buying access into a memorable experience.

我们买话语权，买（众）难忘经历。

As a child we couldn’t nuance the messages we wanted to send out.

儿童时期，我们不懂加工自己要表达话语。

Keeping it short and simple versus keeping it long and lengthy.

即保持话语简洁明了与说话啰啰嗦嗦。

His insolent words made his parents angry.

他傲慢话语惹怒了父母。

" At your discretion" wasn't something I heard very often as a 21-year-old specialist.

对于一个21岁特种兵来说，“自行决定”并不经常能听到话语。

We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.

随意残酷行为让我们话语相形见绌。

He spoke tender words of sympathy, telling her that he would find her husband and her parents and that everything would be fine.

他用温柔体贴话语安慰她，告诉她他会把她丈夫和父母找来，告诉她一切都会好。

Banter is like talking, but smarter.

打趣就像说话 但话语更俏皮点。

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a positive affirmation, a word of optimism and hope.

唯一比否定态度更有力量积极肯定，充满乐与希望话语。

If you have more than one point to make in your email, you can repeat this pattern: first put a short sentence to introduce your point, then add a paragraph with two to three sentences to add details.

如果邮件中你要表达不止一个点，你可以重复以下模式：先用一句简短话语介绍点，然后另起一段，用两三句话来补充细节。

It may seem obvious, but a key ingredient to civil society diplomacy is first changing and then controlling the narrative.

这也许显而易见，但公民社会外交要素就首先改变，并随后控制话语权。

These last words seemed very painful to him.

最后话语对他来说显得非常痛苦。

With stutterers, he thinks, a specific group of brain cells involved in speech production is, for an unknown reason, uniquely sensitive to the enzymatic glitch— perhaps producing the patterns seen by Dr De Nil in his brain scanners.

他认为，对口吃者来说，参与话语生成一组特定脑细胞，不明原因对酶毛刺有一种独特敏感——也许将德∙尼尔博士在脑部扫描中看到结构生成出来能够解释这个现象。

I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings.

我用眼角瞅着你，你什么也不要说。话语误会根源。

Children aren't born knowing how to say " I'm sorry" ; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends and their own consciences.

孩子们并非与生俱来就知道怎么道歉，他们需要一段时间才能领会到，道歉话语可以平息父母和朋友不快，也可以让自己良心得到安定。

The far-right Danish People's Party has consistently and successfully bartered its voting power for the chance to hold sway over immigration policy.

极右丹麦人民党以自己投票权换取在移民政策上话语权。

Some employ their persuasive vocabulary and influential communication style to win workplace arguments by compelling people to perform the intended action.

有些人利用他们有说服力话语和有影响力沟通方式，强迫人们采取预定行动来赢得工作场所争论。

A person's word is linked to their honor.

一个人话语与其荣誉相关。