单词 | talking shop |
释义 | talking shopWord family nountalkabilitytalkathontalkativenesstalkertalkietalkingtalkbacktalkfesttalking booktalking headtalking pointtalking shoptalking-totalk radiotalktimeadjectivetalkabletalkativetalkyadverbtalkativelyverbtalk ˈtalking shop noun [singular] British EnglishBrE a committee, group etc whose job is to discuss and solve problems, but who do not achieve any action 清谈俱乐部〔指只说不做的委员会、团体等〕 Examples from the Corpus talking shop• Parliament is a talking shop where members seek to influence others by debate.• The Commonwealth is simply a talking shop.• At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive talking shop. |
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