guff
英 [ɡʌf]
美 [ɡʌf]
n. 胡思乱想; 胡说八道; 愚蠢的想法; 蠢话
BNC.37000 / COCA.34371
牛津词典
noun
- 胡思乱想;胡说八道;愚蠢的想法;蠢话
ideas or talk that you think are stupid
柯林斯词典
- 胡说八道;胡扯;傻话
If you say that what someone has said or written isguff, you think that it is nonsense.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- Modern headhunters spout as much guff as management consultants, but without the excuse.
现代猎头的废话像管理顾问一样多,但他们没有借口。 - Don't let them give you any guff.
别让他们跟你瞎废话。 - So it is no surprise that 2012 turned out to be yet another bumper year for guff, clich é, euphemism and verbal stupidity.
难怪2012年成为了又一个胡言乱语、陈词滥调、委婉语和蠢话大丰收的年份。 - Every year at around this time I hand out awards for paradigm-shifting, best-in-class management guff.
每年的这个时候,我都会为一些改变人们语言范式的最胡扯管理用语颁奖。 - Thus my first award in the 2010 Management Guff Awards is a brand new category for Daft New Names for Common Nouns.
因此,2010年度管理废话奖的首个奖项是一个崭新的奖项:冠以普通名词愚蠢的新名奖。 - Its "goodness" stems less from all that guff about corporate altruism than from Adam Smith's invisible hand.
它的天性来自于亚当斯密的“无形的手”而很少来自于公共团体的利他主义者。 - Maybe it is necessary to treat grown-up staff like babies because, contrary to any We-Act-Wisely guff, all office workers act remarkably unwisely when it comes to travel. Everyone travels far more than makes sense – except perhaps to airlines and hotels.
把成年的员工当作婴儿一样对待或许是必要的,因为,与我们行事明智之类的废话恰恰相反,在出差这件事上,所有坐办公室的上班族都表现得很不明智。 - But if they thought her schedule was busy, why did they think she would have time to read so much guff?
但是如果他们真的觉得她的日程排得很紧,又凭什么认为她有时间来读这么多废话呢? - Don't listen to their guff about wanting to see you again.
别听他们的什么希望再见到你的鬼话。 - Wow, that vice president guy can sure dish out the guff!
哇,那位副总统肯定又滔滔不绝地讲一大堆废话。