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drivel

英 [ˈdrɪvl]

美 [ˈdrɪvl]

n.  蠢话; 傻话; 废话
v.  老是说傻话; 喋喋不休地说无聊话

现在分词:drivelling 过去式:drivelled 第三人称单数:drivels 过去分词:drivelled 

GRE

BNC.34571 / COCA.27601

牛津词典

    noun

    • 蠢话;傻话;废话
      silly nonsense
      1. How can you watch that drivel on TV?
        你怎么能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西?

    verb

    • 老是说傻话;喋喋不休地说无聊话
      to keep talking about silly or unimportant things

      柯林斯词典

      • N-UNCOUNT 蠢话;废话
        If you describe something that is written or said asdrivel, you are critical of it because you think it is very silly.
        1. What absolute drivel!
          一派胡言!
        2. She is still writing mindless drivel.
          她还在写些没头没脑的东西。

      英英释义

      noun

      verb

      双语例句

      • Employees are likely to laugh their tails off at any boss who cites this drivel as inspiration.
        老板要把这一派胡言奉为灵感,雇员可能会笑掉大牙。
      • The most usual sort of drivel is intermittent, comes from someone distant, usually in HR, and is routinely ignored by all.
        最常见的那种废话是间歇性出现的,来自远处的某个人(通常在人力资源部门),而且通常被所有人忽略。
      • This is utter rot. Some of the very best salesmen talk the most awful drivel and have emerged from school without any flair for grammar.
        一些最优秀的销售人员说着最糟糕的傻话,他们从学校毕业时没掌握任何语法。
      • Don't talk such drivel!
        不要讲这么无聊的话!
      • What all this tells us is not that all women talk drivel, but that everyone talks drivel when they start thinking about women as a general topic.
        这一切所昭示的,并非所有女性都废话连篇,而是当人们开始把女性作为一个主题来考量时,人人都会说些废话。
      • Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.
        祥子不能再听这些闲盘儿。
      • Now don't you give me that stale drivel, Leslie.
        莱斯里,你别也来向我胡扯那套陈词滥调。
      • Most of what he said was absolute drivel.
        他说的大多数话都是胡言乱语。
      • The question is whether one should work for a company that spouts cretinous drivel.
        问题的实质是,一个人是否应该为一家滔滔不绝说废话的公司工作。
      • She is still writing mindless drivel.
        她还在写些没头没脑的东西。