talk twaddle
twaddle 是不可数名词,作 talk 的宾语时不加冠词,也不用复数。
Stop talking twaddle and give me the facts.
别再说废话了,把事实告诉我。
废话;蠢话;无聊的话
twaddles — plural of twaddle
说废话的人;唠叨的人;空洞或愚蠢的闲聊或文字;废话,胡扯。;说废话的人;胡扯者。
空洞或愚蠢的闲聊或文字;废话,胡扯。
Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
说废话的人;胡扯者。
One who twaddles; a twaddler.
Most of what he said at the meeting was pure twaddle.
他在会上说的多半是纯粹的废话。
用法提示:twaddle 为不可数名词,意为“废话、蠢话”,在此作表语。
She dismissed the article as twaddle and refused to read it.
她认为那篇文章是废话,拒绝阅读。
用法提示:twaddle 作名词,在介词 as 后作宾语补足语,表示“毫无价值的空话”。
Why are you wasting time listening to that twaddle?
你为什么浪费时间听那些废话?
用法提示:twaddle 为不可数名词,指“无聊的闲谈”;that 表示贬义。
twaddle 是不可数名词,作 talk 的宾语时不加冠词,也不用复数。
Stop talking twaddle and give me the facts.
别再说废话了,把事实告诉我。
口语中常用 a load of、a pile of 这类量词强调“一派胡言”,语气带有明显的轻蔑。
That whole report is a load of twaddle.
那份报告通篇都是胡扯。
用 about 引出这些空话所涉及的话题。
I'm tired of his twaddle about modern art.
我听腻了他关于现代艺术的那些废话。
grammar · medium
易错句子He told me a twaddle about his boss.
正确表达He told me twaddle about his boss.
twaddle 表示“废话、无聊话”时是不可数名词,不能加不定冠词 a/an;应直接说 twaddle,或说 a lot of twaddle、some twaddle。
grammar · medium
易错句子The article is full with twaddle.
正确表达The article is full of twaddle.
表示“充满……”时,full 后固定搭配介词 of,不用 with;full of twaddle 意为“满篇废话”。
grammar · medium
易错句子That movie is very twaddle.
正确表达That movie is pure twaddle.
twaddle 是名词,不能像形容词一样受 very 修饰;要表达“纯粹是废话”,用形容词 pure/complete 修饰名词 twaddle,或说 full of twaddle。
两者都指无聊的废话,但 drivel 更强调内容愚蠢、毫无价值,常带强烈贬义;twaddle 更偏向琐碎、幼稚的空谈,语气稍轻。
twiddle 是动词,指无目的地摆弄或转动某物;twaddle 是名词,指废话。两者拼写和发音相近,但词性和意思完全不同。
prattle 侧重连续不断、孩子气的絮叨,可作名词或动词;twaddle 侧重内容空洞愚蠢的废话,通常作名词。
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