talking shop
英 [ˈtɔːkɪŋ ʃɒp]
美 [ˈtɔːkɪŋ ʃɑːp]
n. (只讨论而无行动的)清谈俱乐部
牛津词典
noun
- (只讨论而无行动的)清谈俱乐部
a place where there is a lot of discussion and argument but no action is taken
柯林斯词典
- (只说不做的)清谈会;清谈委员会
If you say that a conference or a committee is just atalking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
双语例句
- Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said.
两位化学家在谈论他们本行的事,他们的话我一句也听不懂。 - Little wonder that critics have long dismissed ASEAN as a talking shop.
难怪长期以来,批评人士一直将东盟视为一个清谈俱乐部(talkingshop)。 - Such would be the dominance of these English institutions that the Commons would be reduced to a foreign policy talking shop.
这些英格兰机构将拥有主导地位,而下议院将沦为对外政策的清谈场所。 - Lily and Li Lei are drinking coffee and talking at a coffee shop.
莉莉和李雷在咖啡店边喝咖啡边谈。 - What have you boys been up to?-oh, just talking a bit of shop.
你们小伙子们在干吗?&啊,只是谈一点我们的本行。 - Please excuse us for talking shop. We find it hard to stop thinking about our work, even at weekends.
请原谅我们谈谈本行事,我们感到甚至在周末也很难不考虑工作。 - Just what the world needs: another talking shop.
这正是世界所需要的:又一个清谈俱乐部。 - He is always talking shop.
他老是三句话不离本行。 - As soon as they saw this, the customers stopped talking and, one by one, without hurrying, left the wine-shop.
顾客们一看到这个动作便立刻停止了交谈,并一个接着一个从容地离开了酒店。 - For such a grouping to be anything more than just a talking shop, it needs to make a material difference to the political debate in its member countries.
这样的一个集团,如果不想沦为清谈俱乐部,就必须与其成员国国内的政治论战有实质性的区别。