闲聊

The party chatter ebbed away, and the

聚会的闲聊声渐渐退去，音乐也慢了下来。

The party chatter ebbed away, and the music slowed.

聚会的闲聊声渐渐退去，音乐也慢了下来。

And then we brushed each other's hair and gabbed about American Idol.

然后我们给对方梳头发闲聊&美国偶像&

When gabbing with friends about your love lives, you

当与你的朋友闲聊你的爱情生活的时候，你

But a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has found that when it comes to gabbing, men and women are about equal, with each using an average of 16,000 words a day.

但奥斯汀得克萨斯大学的研究人员进行的一项新研究发现，在闲聊这个问题上，男性和女性几乎是一样的，他们天天平均用词都达1.6万。

But a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has found that when it comes to gabbing, men women are about equal, with each using an average of 16,000 words a day.

但奥斯汀得克萨斯大学的研究人员进行的一项新研究发现，在闲聊这个 www.8 ttt8。 com 问题上，男性和女性几乎是一样的，他们每天平均用词都达1.6万。

My girlfriends spent hours on the phone with their mothers, gabbing about everything from job woes to weight gain, whereas my relationship with my mother seemed to consist mostly of awkward lunches that started with a bang of best intentions, but quickly fizzled, often ending midmeal with her saying,"Well, got to go ..."

我的那些女性朋友们会花好几个小时和她们的母亲在电话里闲聊，从工作的不如意到体重的增加，无所不谈。然而我和我母亲之间似乎总是谈论难吃的午餐，虽然一开始都怀着最好的意图，但是这种想法很快就夭折了，通常最后都以母亲的一句话&好了，我要去……&而结束了午餐。

Have you ever gossiped with other people?

你曾经闲聊吗？

One Sunday afternoon in the Corleone kitchen, Sonny's wife Sandra gossiped freely.

一个星期天的下午，在科利昂厨房里，桑尼的妻子桑德拉随意地闲聊。

He idled the days away, talking and watching television.

他天天在闲聊和看电视中消磨时光。

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。