| 词汇 | prating |
| 释义 | prating present participle ofprate 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 chirp come out coo prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic throw your voiceidiom trash turn of phrase witter Examples of pratingprating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 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 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 While we go on prating about the rule of law, to a very large extent the rule of law has disappeared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use prating about scientific tests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are going hierarchical, let us say that we are going hierarchical and stop prating about a multidisciplinary approach. 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 waste time in prating about the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It really is no good whatever prating about the prevention of disability and then refusing to act when opportunities to do something practical about it occur. 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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