Word · Frequency #48340
prate
/preit/
noun
空谈；胡扯
idle or foolish talk
- 1.
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
无聊愚蠢且不相关的闲谈
无聊愚蠢且不相关的闲谈；唠叨；空谈；瞎扯
In use
His constant prate during the meeting wasted everyone's time.
I can't stand her prate about celebrity gossip.
The lecture was full of empty prate rather than useful information.
prate about sth
prate常与about连用，表示就某话题说空话。
He wasted the whole morning prating about politics.
他整个上午都在空谈政治。
engage in prate
engage in prate为固定搭配，指参与无意义的闲聊。
They engaged in idle prate rather than discussing serious matters.
他们只顾闲扯，而不讨论正事。
Common mistakes
He prated about his work all day.He was full of prate about his work all day.
prate 是名词，不能直接用作动词。应使用 be full of prate 等结构。
Stop prattling and listen to me.Stop your prate and listen to me.
prattle 是动词这里误用为名词；应使用名词 prate 表示空谈。
Connections
Learner notes
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