palaver

英 [pəˈlɑːvə(r)]

美 [pəˈlɑːvər]

n.  麻烦; 琐事; 忙乱; 空话; 废话

复数：palavers　现在分词：palavering　过去式：palavered　第三人称单数：palavers　过去分词：palavered　

GRE

BNC.35925 / COCA.35755

牛津词典

noun

• 麻烦；琐事；忙乱
  a lot of unnecessary activity, excitement or trouble, especially caused by sth that is unimportant
  1. What's all the palaver about?
     这些鸡毛蒜皮的事到底是为什么？
  2. What a palaver it is, trying to get a new visa!
     申请新签证真烦死人了！
• 空话；废话
  talk that does not have any meaning; nonsense
  1. He's talking palaver.
     他在信口开河呢。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 小题大做；大惊小怪
  Palaveris unnecessary fuss and bother about the way something is done.
  1. We don't want all that palaver, do we?
     我们不想那样小题大做，不是吗？

英英释义

noun

• loud and confused and empty talk
  1. mere rhetoric
  Synonym:hot airempty wordsempty talkrhetoric
• flattery intended to persuade
  Synonym:blandishmentcajolery

verb

• have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  1. He palavered her into going along
  Synonym:wheedlecajoleblarneycoaxsweet-talkinveigle
• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  Synonym:chatterpifflepratetittle-tattletwaddleclackmaunderprattleblabgibbertattleblabbergabble

双语例句

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• We don't want all that palaver, do we?
  我们不想那样小题大做，不是吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• What a palaver there was about paying the bill!
  付帐的事真费口舌啊！
• 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。