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palaver

美 [pəˈlɑːvər]英 [pəˈlɑːvə(r)]
  • n.麻烦;琐事;忙乱;空话;废话

复数: palavers

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noun

1

麻烦;琐事;忙乱
a lot of unnecessary activity, excitement or trouble, especially caused by sth that is unimportant

What's all the palaver about?

这些鸡毛蒜皮的事到底是为什么?

What a palaver it is, trying to get a new visa!

申请新签证真烦死人了!

2

空话;废话
talk that does not have any meaning; nonsense

He's talking palaver.

他在信口开河呢。

palaver

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 小题大做;大惊小怪
    Palaver is unnecessary fuss and bother about the way something is done.

    We don't want all that palaver, do we?

    我们不想那样小题大做,不是吗?

noun

1
loud and confused and empty talk
mere rhetoric
Synonym: hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric
2
flattery intended to persuade
Synonym: blandishment cajolery

verb

1
have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
2
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
He palavered her into going along
Synonym: wheedle cajole blarney coax sweet-talk inveigle
3
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonym: chatter piffle prate tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle blab gibber tattle blabber gabble

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  1. What a palaver it is , trying to get a new visa !

    申请新签证真烦死人了!

  2. He 's talking palaver .

    他在信口开河呢。

  3. What 's all the palaver about ?

    这些鸡毛蒜皮的事到底是为什么?

  4. We don 't want all that palaver , do we ?

    我们不想那样小题大做,不是吗?

  5. Progress is neither proclamation nor palaver .

    进步不是宣言,也不是空谈。

  6. The boy tried to palaver his mother into letting him stay up later .

    男孩想要跟他的母亲罗哩八嗦,让他熬夜得较晚。

  7. Or what would , after a lot of palaver and local difficulties of a geological nature , become Essex .

    或者说,是那个在经过了没完没了的废话以及当地许多地理学性质的困难之后将会变成埃塞克斯郡的地方。

  8. However , another fascinating question , hitherto absent from the current palaver , may prove more tractable .

    然而,另一个至今都没人谈论到的,更吸引人的问题,或许更容易找到答案。

  9. What a palaver there was about paying the bill !

    付帐的事真费口舌啊!

  10. Or is the cowboy palaver just a political ploy to keep his core supporters happy ?

    或者,他那牛仔式的讲话只是用来取悦他的铁杆支持者的一个政治策略呢?

  11. We wholeheartedly welcome all merchants both here and abroad to visit our works and palaver with us .

    我会写信去洽谈业务。我们竭诚欢迎国内外客商来厂参观指导,洽谈业务。

  12. Do you remember all the fuss and palaver when guy thought he had lost his passport ?

    盖伊误以为丢了护照时那番大惊小怪、小题大做的情景,你还全记得吗?

  13. Sincere welcome customers for palaver .

    欢迎诚信客商来人来电洽谈。

  14. Lord knows , you have to be not only cash-rich but time-rich to go through with all this palaver every morning ;

    结果怎样看来只有天知道,但诸位每天早上拾掇自己,不仅得不差钱,还得舍得花时间;

  15. And there they were , like two babies , kissing and talking nonsense by the hour & foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of .

    他们就在那儿,像两个小孩似的,整个钟点地又接吻又胡扯&那种愚蠢的甜言蜜语连我们都应该感到羞耻。

  16. Even so , the equipment-makers argue that , though doable , all this sensing palaver makes white-space devices needlessly complicated and expensive .

    但即便如此,这种设备的制造商表示,尽管技术上可行,但整个侦测过程异常繁琐,导致空白频段装置复杂昂贵,没必要。

  17. With all the palaver these days about personal branding and blowing your own horn as essential career survival skills , it 's easy to see why this situation would make you uneasy .

    现在,许多人都认为打造个人品牌和自吹自擂是职场生存的秘笈,所以,你才会对目前的情况感到不安,这很容易理解。

  18. In practice , the daily mathematics classroom learning evaluation and homework evaluation still exist many problems , such as some become a mere formality , lack of scientific and practical , and some too palaver to waste teachers ' time .

    在实践中,日常的数学课堂学习评价及作业评价中仍存在诸多问题,如有的流于形式,缺乏科学性和操作性,有的过于繁琐,浪费教师时间。

  19. Unfortunately both he and Leona were virtually inaudible and all the palaver about toning down the song 's famously filthy lyrics was unnecessary because you couldn 't hear them anyway .

    不幸的是他俩事实上都难以被听见,并且所有关于这首歌著名的脏段子的八卦最终都变得无聊,因为你几乎听不到他们。

  20. Where was anything that was worth all this palaver - the extraordinary veil of secrecy that seemed to lie over this room and the equally extraordinary sequence of events that had seemed to conspire to get him into it ?

    之前那好一串离奇古怪的事件,简直像个策划已久的大阴谋,最后终于把他搞进了这间同样神秘的稀奇古怪的屋子——可这儿哪有什么值得大费周章的东西?