murmurings

英 [ˈmɜːmərɪŋz]

美 [ˈmɜrmərɪŋz]

n.  (赞同、不满等的)小声表达

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 小声发表意见;小声表达观点
  If there aremurmurings of, for example, approval or disapproval, people are expressing their approval or disapproval of something in a quiet way.
  1. For some time there have been murmurings of discontent over the government policy on inflation...
     一段时间以来，人们都在暗地里发着牢骚，表达对政府应对通货膨胀政策的不满。
  2. At this point there were murmurings of approval from the experts.
     在这一点上专家们低声赞同。

双语例句

• Every so often he would come back, showing up at STC ( from which he had taken, in the beginning, only a two-year leave of absence) with vague murmurings of an apology.
  他不时也会回趟国，出现在标准电话与电缆有限公司（他开始里只向公司请了两年假），咕哝着小声地表示歉意。
• The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased.
  上帝听闻了我们所有的抱怨和不信，并且非常不悦。
• For some time there have been murmurings of discontent over the government policy on inflation
  一段时间以来，人们都在暗地里发着牢骚，表达对政府应对通货膨胀政策的不满。
• Again there were murmurings of approval around the boardroom.
  董事会议室里又响起了一阵表示赞赏的低语声。
• And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
  后来我所拣选的那人，他的杖必发芽。这样，我必使以色列人向你们所发的怨言止息，不再达到我耳中。
• It was morning breeze swaying the Spring bloom, it is scholarly in calligraphy quit murmurings, it is a thousand years old Maple Side legend, it was lingering under the West Window Affectional.
  那是晨风中摇曳绽放的春色，那是书香里翰墨不干的沉吟，那是枫桥边千年不老的传说，那是西窗下缠绵不绝的情思。
• At this point there were murmurings of approval from the experts.
  在这一点上专家们低声赞同。
• But there are few signs, as yet, of a let-up in property loans, in spite of official murmurings of a bubble.
  但迄今为止，尽管官方谈到泡沫问题，但房地产贷款增长放缓迹象仍相当少见。
• In my sleeplessness, I was drinking hot milk and flipping through a travel magazine, steadfastly ignoring the weird murmurings of the girl outside.
  失眠的我正在喝热牛奶、翻着一本旅行杂志，从头到尾都忽视了外面女孩奇怪的声音。
• British speech tends to be less general, and directed more, in nuances of meaning, attendant murmurings and pauses, carries a wealth of shared assumptions and attitudes.
  这已经成为了一种社会规范，人们说的话不多，因为每一个词，随着与其相伴的沉吟与停顿，都承载着丰富的共享假定与态度。