1·She's not been on speaking terms with her uncle for years.
多年来她跟她叔叔一直不说话。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Are you on speaking terms with them now?
你现在正在和他们谈条件吗？
3·I haven't been on speaking terms with her after that quarrel.
那次口角之后我就一直没跟她讲话。
4·After their bitter quarrel, the two are not on speaking terms.
激烈争吵之后，两人现在彼此不说话。
5·I'm not on speaking terms with John, so I don't want to see him.
我同约翰的关系不好，我不想见到他。
6·I see him on the train every day but we're not on speaking terms.
我每天都在火车上见到他，但彼此没说过话。
7·This man who'd earned the right to be on speaking terms with God.
这个人谁愿意赢得了权利，会说出神而言。
8·Ever since our quarrel last month we have not been on speaking terms.
我们自从上个月吵架以来，就彼此不友好了。
9·Of course you know that her father and I hadn't been on speaking terms for years.
当然你知道我跟父亲有好几年关系不怎么好。
10·One in ten of the families polled said they were not on speaking terms at the time of the survey.
十分之一的受访家庭表示，在调查开展时，家庭成员之间正处于冷战状态。