tittle-tattle
- n.闲聊;飞短流长;张家长李家短
- v.闲聊;杂谈
过去式： tittle-tattled 现在分词： tittle-tattling 过去分词： tittle-tattled 第三人称单数： tittle-tattles
tittle-tattletittle-tattle
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N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;胡侃;流言蜚语
If you refer to something that a group of people talk about as tittle-tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true....tittle-tattle about the private lives of minor celebrities.
有关二三流名人隐私生活的闲言碎语
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- light informal conversation for social occasions
- Synonym: chitchat chit-chat chit chat small talk gab gabfest gossip chin wag chin-wag chin wagging chin-wagging causerie
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- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- Synonym: chatter piffle palaver prate twaddle clack maunder prattle blab gibber tattle blabber gabble
数据来源：WordNet
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A study has found that men spend an average 76 minutes a day tittle-tattling with their friends or work colleagues , compared to just 52 minutes for women .
一项调查发现，男人每天与朋友或同事闲聊的时间平均为76分钟，而女人仅为52分钟。
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A study has found that men spend an average 76 minutes a day tittle-tattling with their friends or work colleagues , compared to just 52 minutes for women . Favourite topics include the antics of drunken friends , old school friends , and the most attractive girl at work .
一项调查发现，男人每天与朋友或同事闲聊的时间平均为76分钟，而女人仅为52分钟。其中聊得最多的话题包括朋友喝醉后的滑稽丑态、老校友以及漂亮的女同事等等。
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He is the kind of man who would avoid becoming involved in tittle-tattle at all costs .
他是个怕惹是生非的人。
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An even bigger obstacle is that hierarchy trumps tittle-tattle every time .
更大的障碍在于，等级制度总是能压过闲言碎语。
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Well-directed tittle-tattle may easily causes its victim to lose his or her livelihood .
针对性很强的聊天，很容易使受害者丢掉饭碗。
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If you feel a pang of guilty pleasure when you read celebrity tittle-tattle , don 't be too hard on yourself 。
如果你每次看到明星小道消息都会感到一阵自责，不必如此为难自己。
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It is pleasant to hear such sober voices when most Amecians are tittle-tattling about RMB .
在美国拿人民币说事声四起的情况下，听到这些清醒的声音令人高兴。
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In lesser hands Ms Nasar 's story might have degenerated into a series of pen portraits : tittle-tattle for the middlebrow .
如果娜萨女士文笔稍差一些，这些故事就要成了一堆钢笔肖像速写，成了关于一帮知识界平庸人物的杂淡。
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The reason that the art of tittle-tattle is dying out has nothing to do with us becoming nicer , as we are surely just as horrible as they always were .
闲话的艺术正在消亡，其原因不是人们变得更加高尚了人们当然还是一如既往地可憎。
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British showbiz writers searched for tittle-tattle on Robbie Williams'love life and speculated endlessly about the demise of the hit girl band The Spice Girls ( news-web sites ) .
英国的娱乐作家在找寻有关罗宾·威廉斯的爱情生活的无聊传闻，而且无休止推测热门女子乐队辣妹何时解散。
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By the end of the day on Wednesday , appetite for big blocks of CCB stock was waning , in inverse correlation to the tittle-tattle . At best , an everyday tale of cock-up over conspiracy .
截至周三收盘时，对建行大宗股份的胃口正在消退，与传言成反比。在最好的情况下，这是一个搞砸（而不是阴谋）的故事。