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

• saliva spilling from the mouth
  Synonym:drooldribbleslobber
• a worthless message
  Synonym:garbage

verb

• let saliva drivel from the mouth
  1. The baby drooled
  Synonym:droolslabberslaverslobberdribble

双语例句

• But worst of all, the fact that you are even considering even if only ironically complying with something so brainless as an outcome-based dress code makes me fear it might be time for you to go somewhere that takes drivel less seriously.
  但最糟糕的是，你甚至正在考虑即便只是出于讽刺遵守一种愚蠢到要求基于结果的着装规定，这让我担心，或许你应该换一个对待职场废话不那么认真的东家了。
• You do talk drivel sometimes!
  你有时候还真会说傻话！
• 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。
• This is triple-A drivel.
  这是个三A级的胡话。
• But there is too little gold and too much drivel.
  但是宝贵的东西太少，胡言乱语太多。
• But whether you should consider leaving depends on four things: the frequency of the drivel; your proximity to it; how seriously it is taken by others and, most crucially, whether you have to pretend to take it seriously yourself.
  然而，是否应该考虑离开取决于四个方面：废话出现的频率；你与它的距离：其他同事对待它的认真程度，最重要的是，你自己是否必须假装认真对待它。
• No offence, mark, butwe both know thatthis is drivel.
  别生气，马克，但你我都清楚这是骗人的。
• How can you watch that drivel on TV?
  你怎麽能看电视上那种胡说八道的东西？
• Yet this was not how commentators following the 90 minutes of drivel chose to see the matter.
  然而，听了90分钟废话的评论人士们可并不这么看问题。
• Xiangzi couldn't bear to listen to this drivel.
  祥子不能再听这些闲盘儿。