查询词典 faff

It saddens one to see governments faff about and muddle along.

它悲哀地看到一个政府faff约和得过且过。

This means that you have zero time to faff about with your slides, setting up your computer, or otherwise doing anything that isn't entertaining your audience.

这意味着你没有时间可以浪费在你的幻灯片上，比如设置你的计算机，或者其他任何事，这些会让你的听众感到不愉快。

He's been looking for his lost shoes for 3 days, till today he found out his mother has taken his shoes to the nearby laundry shop, what a faff about nothing!

整整三天他一直在找他的鞋子，直到今天他才发现原来他妈妈把他送去附近的洗衣店了，真是小题大做，虚惊一场。

Neil: Well, to faff about, means to spend a lot of time doing unimportant things when really you should be doing something more important.

To faff about 就是把时间都花在区区小事上，而忽略了更为重要的大事。

Phrase: faff about or faff around.

就是把时间都花在区区小事上，而忽略了更为重要的大事。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。