Word
confab
闲聊;闲谈
核心释义
talk socially without exchanging too much information
- 1.
社交闲谈,不深入交流
talk socially without exchanging too much information
- 2.
开会讨论某事
have a conference in order to talk something over
商议;会谈;社交闲谈,不深入交流;开会讨论某事;会谈
用法In use
He often confabs with his colleagues during lunch break.
用法提示:动词一般现在时第三人称单数,表示非正式交谈。
We confabbed for hours about the new project.
用法提示:动词过去式,表示正式或非正式的讨论。
They are confabbing in the conference room.
用法提示:动词现在分词形式,表示正在进行的会谈。
confab with sb
常指轻松、非正式的闲谈,也可指与人商议事情。
She spent the afternoon confabbing with her neighbors on the porch.
她下午在门廊上和邻居们闲聊。
confab about sth
The two editors confabbed about the upcoming issue for an hour.
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- confabulate
- 闲聊;也指精神医学上无意识地虚构、编造记忆 · confab 是 confabulate 的口语缩略形式,作“闲聊”时二者意思相通,但 confabulate 更正式、较少用,且多用于书面语;更重要的是 confabulate 还有“无意识地编造记忆”这一医学义,confab 没有这个义项,涉及病理或临床语境时只能用 confabulate。
- confer
- 商议,协商;授予(学位、荣誉) · confab 表示“开会讨论”时多指非正式、小范围的商谈,且带口语或较旧的色彩;confer 更正式,通常用 confer with sb 表示与某人正式商讨,另可表示“授予(学位、荣誉等)”,而 confab 没有“授予”义。
- chitchat
- 闲聊,聊天(多指话题琐碎、无实质内容) · confab 与 chitchat 都指不深入的闲谈,意思接近,但 chitchat 更口语化,更强调话题琐碎、打发时间,常作名词;confab 还能表示“就某事开会商议”,chitchat 没有这个会议义,正式商谈场合不能用 chitchat。
词族Word family
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
不及物动词,常与介词 with 连用表示‘与…交谈’
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