palaver
英 /pə'lɑ:və/
中文釋義
v./n. 空談；奉承
n. prolonged and idle discussion. v. to talk unnecessarily.
常用搭配
- engage in palaver空談閒扯
- palaver over dinner飯桌上閒聊
- meaningless palaver無謂的空談
例句
- After all the palaver, we still hadn't decided where to eat.折騰了半天廢話，我們還是沒定去哪兒喫。
- Filing the expense report involves so much palaver.填報銷單要走一堆繁瑣的手續。