early 13c., "literary work consisting of a conversation between two or more persons," from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos "conversation, dialogue," related to dialogesthai "converse," from dia- "across" (see dia-) + legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)).
Sense broadened to "a conversation" c. 1400. Mistaken belief that it can only mean "conversation between two persons" is from confusion of dia- and di- (1); the error goes back to at least 1532, when trialogue was coined needlessly for "a conversation between three persons." A word that has been used for "conversation between two persons" is the hybrid duologue (1864).
实用例句
1. The consulate will carryon a political dialogue with Indonesia.
领事馆将和印度尼西亚举行政治对话。来自柯林斯例句
2. The dialogue and acting in Indecent Proposal are tired, cliched and corny.
《桃色交易》中的对白和表演尽落俗套，毫无新意。来自柯林斯例句
3. The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
讨论拉开了同莫斯科对话的序幕。来自柯林斯例句
4. She came back and tried to start a dialogue with the man.
