| 单词 |
palaver |
| 释义 |
pa·la·ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/ noun [singular, uncountable] especially British English informalPROBLEM unnecessary trouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is 〔不必要的〕麻烦,不便,烦恼 SYN fuss We could have done without all this palaver. 我们本可以不那么麻烦的。 What a palaver over nothing! 真是白忙一场啊!Examples from the Corpuspalaver• Budget palaver and acute short-termism seem to go hand in hand.• Will they view it as an opportunity to attack their opponents or deliver empty palaver?• There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language.• Can't have this sort of palaver going on, not here.• Between them all, they managed to get Liam to the house, the twins being much amused by all the palaver.• For all the palaver about men playing full parenting roles, fathers desire, seek, contrive and protect their anonymity.• If you can't be bothered with any of this palaver, buy a whole fillet of beef.Origin palaver (1700-1800) Portuguese palavra “word, speech”, from Late Latin parabola; → PARABLEpa·la·ver nounChineseSyllable Corpus unnecessary anxiety that trouble makes something and |
| 随便看 |
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic hereditary
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic heredity
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic heredity
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic hybrid
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic hybrid
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic identical twin
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic identical twin
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic incubate
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic incubate
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic inheritance
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic inheritance
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic insecticide
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic insecticide
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic microbe
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic microbe
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic MRSA
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic MRSA
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic mutant
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic mutant
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic mutate
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic mutate
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic mutation
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic mutation
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic nucleic acid
- Microbes, genetics, biochem-topic nucleic acid
- 《唯君子为能通天下之志。》是什么意思|译文|出处
- 《唯善人能受尽言.》出自哪里,什么意思,注释,句意,翻译
- 《唯天下之静者,乃能见微知著.》是什么意思,出处是出自哪里?
- 《唯天下至诚,为能化。》是什么意思|译文|出处
- 《唯天生人,天为功于人而人从天治也.》出自哪里,什么意思,注释,句意,翻译
- 《唯女子与小人为难养也.》是什么意思,出处是出自哪里?
- 《唯女子与小人为难养章》意思|赏析|感悟
- 《唯女子与小人难养》原文与赏析
- 《唯妄故庸 王世贞 归有光》
- 《唯子之命 王璘 李群玉》
- 《唯将终夜长开眼,报答平生未展眉》什么意思,原诗出处,注解
- 《唯当金石交,可以贤达论.》出自哪里,什么意思,注释,句意,翻译
- 《唯得忠恕》原文、注释、译文、赏析
- 《唯德学,唯才艺,不如人,当自砺.若衣服,若饮食,不如人,勿生戚.》什么意思|注释|译文|评说
- 《唯恐有闻。》是什么意思|译文|出处
|