gossip

[英] [ˈɡɔsip] [美] [ˈɡɑsəp] 生词本

n.

vi.

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1. N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语;小道消息;闲话 Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs. 
  • He spent the first hour talking gossip...

    他头一个小时都在闲聊。

  • There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...

    关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。

  • Don't you like a good gossip?

    你不想好好地聊聊吗?

2. V-RECIP 闲聊;说长道短 If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip
  • We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...

    我们交谈着,争论着,闲聊着,一直持续到晚上。

  • Eva gossiped with Sarah...

    伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。

  • Mrs Lilywhite never gossiped.

    利利怀特夫人从来不说长道短。

3. N-COUNT 爱说长道短的人 If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others. 
  • He was a vicious gossip.

    他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。

Noun

1. light informal conversation for social occasions

2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

  • "the divorce caused much gossip"

3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Verb

1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

  • "She won't dish the dirt"

2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;

  • "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
1. We gossip about them and vice versa (=they gossip about us).
我们谈论他们,他们也谈论我们。

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2. Don't give credence to all the gossip you hear.
不要相信你听到的闲话。

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3. Don't gossip behind people's backs!
不要背后乱说!

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4. Her appetite for gossip is absolutely indecent.
她爱搬弄是非,极不道德。

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5. I don't pay attention to such gossip.
我才不理那些闲话呢。

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6. I heard a savo(u)ry bit of gossip today.
今天我听到一点有意思的小道消息。

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7. I wouldn't give tongue to such gossip.
对于那样的流言蜚语,我不想发表意见。

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8. It's common gossip that they're having an affair.
大家都说他们之间关系暧昧。

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9. Most of the people who worshipped her, who read every tidbit about her in the gossip press and hung up pictures of her in their rooms, were not social snobs.
崇敬她大多数的人不会放过每一篇报导她的八卦新闻,甚至在他们的房间中悬挂黛妃的画像,这些人并非都是傲慢成性。

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10. Scandal and gossip are meat and drink to him.
各种丑闻和流言蜚语是他最感兴趣的事。

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11. She broadcast the gossip all over the town.
她将这个流言传遍全镇。

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12. She discredited him with ugly gossip.
她用难听的流言蜚语臭他。

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13. She had a good gossip with a neighbour over the garden fence.
她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久。

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14. She is an old gossip.
她是一个长舌妇。

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15. She loves to gossip about her neighbours.
她喜欢议论邻居的是非长短。

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16. She loves to peddle gossip round the village.
她喜欢在村里到处说闲话。

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17. She was not interested in the trivia of gossip.
她对琐碎的流言蜚语不感兴趣。

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18. The circulation of gossip is vicious.
传播流言蜚语是可恶的。

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19. The local paper is full of gossip masquerading as news.
这份地方报纸尽是些包装成新闻的流言蜚语。

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20. The mischief arose from irresponsible gossip.
这种不幸的事是因无聊的闲话而引起的。

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