| 词汇 | prate |
| 释义 | prate verb[ I ] old-fashioneduk /preɪt/ us /preɪt/(alsoprate on) to talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time: 侃侃而谈，对…滔滔不绝 Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.不可避免会有人打进电话来侃侃而谈道德沦丧问题。 Synonyms chatter prattle Compare gabbleverbmainly UK gibbermainly disapproving blabberinformal blabinformal Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up sink to a whisperidiom spit something out spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle turn of phrase undertone wax witter Examples of prateprate Who prates of stream and sea? I say what is the use of our prating about our good intentions and waiting for somebody else to do the good actions? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Should she not have supported that proposal if she wanted to defend the freedom that she prates so much about? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the curious thing is that we prate more than almost anyone else about the virtues of consultation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that well, so they might as well stop prating about it from now on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point prating about human rights unless we are serious about the rule of law, because that is what protects those rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To go on prating about something which we might have wished but which is no longer possible, is to adopt an altogether wrong attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not the basis of democracy about which she prates so much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us deal with the perishing procrastination of those who particularly prate about principle—by which they mean precept without any possible foreseeable performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would say "praying mantis", but when she prates the rest of us have to pray. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We often prate about the demarcation lines in the filthy trades, but ignore them in the noble professions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to prate on this particular line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want the prating reply that nationalised industries conduct their own day-to-day affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is easy to prate about principles and to forget about people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having advocated it for their special anti-gambling purposes they will not hesitate to go about the country and prate liberty on the largest scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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