palaver

Word family nounpalaverpalaverer

pa·la·ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/ noun [singular, uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrE

informalPROBLEM unnecessary trouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is 〔不必要的〕麻烦，不便，烦恼 SYN fuss

We could have done without all this palaver.

我们本可以不那么麻烦的。

What a palaver over nothing!

真是白忙一场啊！

Examples from the Corpus

palaver• Budget palaver and acute short-termism seem to go hand in hand.• Will they view it as an opportunity to attack their opponents or deliver empty palaver?• There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language.• Can't have this sort of palaver going on, not here.• Between them all, they managed to get Liam to the house, the twins being much amused by all the palaver.• For all the palaver about men playing full parenting roles, fathers desire, seek, contrive and protect their anonymity.• If you can't be bothered with any of this palaver, buy a whole fillet of beef.

Origin palaver

(1700-1800) Portuguese palavra “word, speech”, from Late Latin parabola; → PARABLE

单词	palaver
释义	palaver Word family nounpalaverpalaverer pa·la·ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/ noun [singular, uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrE informalPROBLEM unnecessary trouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is 〔不必要的〕麻烦，不便，烦恼 SYN fuss We could have done without all this palaver. 我们本可以不那么麻烦的。 What a palaver over nothing! 真是白忙一场啊！ Examples from the Corpus palaver• Budget palaver and acute short-termism seem to go hand in hand.• Will they view it as an opportunity to attack their opponents or deliver empty palaver?• There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language.• Can't have this sort of palaver going on, not here.• Between them all, they managed to get Liam to the house, the twins being much amused by all the palaver.• For all the palaver about men playing full parenting roles, fathers desire, seek, contrive and protect their anonymity.• If you can't be bothered with any of this palaver, buy a whole fillet of beef. Origin palaver (1700-1800) Portuguese palavra “word, speech”, from Late Latin parabola; → PARABLE
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