说闲话

Have you noticed that people who are very gossipy and critical are often quite paranoid?

你有没有注意到那些十分爱说闲话、批评的人们通常十分大程度的有偏执狂？

For instance, Chinese people are honest but slick, sincere but shrewd, skeptical but credulous, rigid but flexible, self-serving but loyal, sophisticated but inconsiderate, neutral but extreme, frugal but ostentatious, old-fashioned but fashionable, low maintenance but dreaming of fortune, superstitious but not religious, team-spirited but competitive, picky but mediating, rumorous but not nosy, understanding the value of time but advocating 'take things slowly', etc., etc..

比方说，中国人耿直却又圆滑，坦诚却又世故，多疑却又轻信，古板却又灵活，讲实惠却又重义气，尚礼仪却又少公德，主中庸却又走极端，美节俭却又喜排场，守古法却又赶时髦，知足常乐却又梦想暴发，烧香算命却又无宗教感，爱抱团儿却又好窝里斗，爱挑刺儿却又会打圆场，不爱管闲事却又爱说闲话，懂得&只争朝夕&的道理却又主张&慢慢来&，等等，等等。

Who's been tattling?

谁在说闲话呢？

He who blames one to his face is a hero, but he who backbites is a coward.

光明正大批评别人者为英雄，背后说闲话者则为懦夫。

For one thing, taking a safe person into your confidence dulls the isolating edge of a secret—and defuses the desire to gossip.

因为在吐露秘密时引入一个可靠安全的人会让秘密中的&孤立&性弱化--排除你想说闲话的程度。

Oh, why, this only shows the people who gossiped were young and superficial.

呵呵，何必呢，这只能说明我和那些说闲话的人都很年轻，比较肤浅而已）。

Or try making positive comments about the person being gossiped about.

或许你可以试着帮被说闲话的人说些好话。

What should you do when someone gossips?

当别人在说闲话时，你该怎么办呢？

A: I can't stand the way she gossips.

我无法忍受她那样说闲话。

The manager — a fat, loose-lipped man—guffawed.

剧院经理——一个身材臃肿、爱说闲话的男人——听后捧腹大笑。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷