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Your interlocutor is the person you are speaking to — the other side of the conversation. Teachers, lawyers, and writers like this word when they want a neat, formal name for “the person I am talking with,” especially in interviews, debates, or careful academic writing.
Your interlocutor Your interlocutor is就是 the person you are speaking to你正在對話的那個人 — the other side of the conversation對話的另一方 Teachers, lawyers, and writers老師、律師、作家 like this word喜歡用這個詞 when they want a neat, formal name for想要一個簡潔正式的說法來指 「the person I am talking with」「我正在對話的人」 especially尤其 in interviews, debates, or careful academic writing在訪談、辯論、或是講究的學術寫作裡
You would not use it about a chat in a shop with a friend; you would just say the other person, or the person I was talking to. Though actually, it can also mean someone who speaks for a group in talks with another group — an official talking partner.
You你 would not use it不會用它 about a chat in a shop with a friend來說在店裡跟朋友的閒聊 you你 would just say只會說 the other person「對方」 or或 the person I was talking to「我剛剛在跟他講話的那個人」 Though actually不過其實 it它 can also mean也可以指 someone who speaks for a group代表某個團體發言的人 in talks with another group在跟另一個團體談判時 — an official talking partner正式的談判對口
The everyday words are much simpler; this one belongs to serious, written English.
The everyday words日常的說法 are much simpler簡單多了 this one這個詞 belongs to serious, written English屬於正式的書面英文
組成Borrowed from Medieval Latin interlocutor: the “person who” (-tor) of interloquor, “to speak between,” from inter- (between) + loquor (speak).
同家族的字
- eloquentsame Latin loqu- “speak”
- colloquialsame Latin loqu- “speak”
- loquacioussame Latin loqu- “speak”: talking a lot
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
interlocutornoun詞源 1/ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
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A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
- Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
- In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued.
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A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader.
- The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
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lawAn interlocutory judgement or sentence.
interlocutornoun詞源 2/ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/
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A decree of a court.
- A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。