yack about sth
about 引出喋喋不休谈论的话题,常带厌烦语气。
Stop yacking about your weekend and get back to work.
别没完没了地讲你的周末了,回去工作吧。
不停地且令人厌烦地说话
不停地且令人厌烦地说话
talk incessantly and tiresomely
一般现在时
He yacks constantly about nothing.
他不停地闲聊。
一般过去时
She yacked all night long.
她整晚都在闲聊。
现在进行时
They are yacking in the next room.
他们正在隔壁闲聊。
通常表示闲聊或废话,含贬义。
My coworker yacked about her weekend for an hour at lunch.
我同事午餐时喋喋不休地讲了一个小时她周末的事。
用法提示:yacked 为动词 yack 的过去式,表示喋喋不休地说。
Stop yacking and let me finish my work.
别再唠叨了,让我把工作做完。
用法提示:yacking 为动词 yack 的现在分词,在句中表示唠叨这个动作。
He yacks on the phone every evening, so I can't study.
他每天晚上都在电话里喋喋不休,所以我没法学习。
用法提示:yacks 为动词 yack 的第三人称单数,表示习惯性喋喋不休。
about 引出喋喋不休谈论的话题,常带厌烦语气。
Stop yacking about your weekend and get back to work.
别没完没了地讲你的周末了,回去工作吧。
to 后接听者;动词本身不直接带宾语。
She yacked to me for twenty minutes without stopping.
她跟我喋喋不休地说了二十分钟,都没停过。
away 表示持续地、起劲地进行,通常不接宾语。
They yacked away in the corner while the meeting went on.
会议进行时,他们在角落里喋喋不休地聊着。
grammar · medium
易错句子They yacked the weather all morning.
正确表达They yacked about the weather all morning.
yack 表示“闲聊、喋喋不休地谈”时是不及物动词,谈论某事要用 yack about sth;不能把话题直接放在 yack 后面作宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子She yacked me for half an hour.
正确表达She yacked to me for half an hour.
yack 是不及物动词,不能直接接人作宾语;表示“对某人喋喋不休”要用 yack to sb(或 yack at sb),所以需要加介词 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子He yacks on the phone right now.
正确表达He is yacking on the phone right now.
right now 表示此刻正在进行,需用现在进行时 be + 动词-ing;yack 的现在分词是 yacking,因此用 is yacking,不能用一般现在时 yacks。
chatter 指快速、连续地谈琐碎小事,语气中性,也可指牙齿打颤等连续声响;yack 更口语、偏美式,强调没完没了且令人烦躁。两者都是不及物动词,但 chatter 常接 about 引出话题,yack 更常单独用或接 away/on。
babble 侧重语无伦次、听不清楚,也可指婴儿咿呀学语或流水声;yack 说的是内容啰嗦烦人,但吐字清楚。表示“听不懂的胡话”用 babble,表示“没完没了地唠叨”用 yack。
gossip 的重点在内容,即议论别人的私事,通常带贬义,常用 gossip about sb;yack 的重点在数量,即不停地说而不论内容,且更口语。
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