palaver about sth
They palavered about the weather for hours.
他们关于天气喋喋不休地谈了几个小时。
长谈；反复讨论；奉承；讨好；热烈地讨论。；奉承。；喋喋不休地谈论琐事
to chatter or talk rapidly about unimportant matters
热烈地讨论。
To discuss with much talk.
奉承。
To flatter.
喋喋不休地谈论琐事
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
一般现在时
She palavers with her neighbors every morning.
她每天早上和邻居闲聊。
一般过去时
They palavered about the weather yesterday.
他们昨天闲聊天气。
现在进行时
He is palavering on the phone right now.
他正在电话里闲聊。
闲聊，唠叨
They spent the whole afternoon palavering about nothing in particular.
他们整个下午都在闲聊，没谈什么特别的事。
用法提示：此处“palavering”是动词“palaver”的现在分词形式，表示闲聊、说废话。
Stop palavering and get to the point.
别废话了，说正题吧。
用法提示：此处“palavering”是动词“palaver”的动名词形式，表示喋喋不休地说没用的话。
He palavered on about his new car for an hour.
他喋喋不休地讲他的新车讲了一个小时。
用法提示：此处“palavered”是动词“palaver”的过去式，表示不停地谈论琐事。
They palavered about the weather for hours.
他们关于天气喋喋不休地谈了几个小时。
She palavered with her friends over coffee.
她喝咖啡时与朋友闲聊。
He palavers on the phone every evening.
他每晚都在电话上喋喋不休。
grammar · medium
易错句子We had a long palaver about the project.
正确表达We palavered for a long time about the project.
将动词palaver误作名词使用。palaver作动词时为不及物，需用其动词形式，后接介词about引出话题。
grammar · medium
易错句子She palavers the gossip all day.
正确表达She palavers about the gossip all day.
动词palaver通常不及物，不可直接接宾语，须加介词about引出谈论内容。
prattle侧重孩子气或无意义的闲谈，而palaver则更侧重冗长而巧言令色的空谈。
babble常指说话含糊不清或像婴儿般咿呀学语，而palaver指快速且不间断地谈论琐事。
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