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
- However, several things have happened to me recently to make me doubt the superiority of men at talking guff.
然而,最近发生的几件事,让我对男性废话更多的观点产生了怀疑。 - However, I suspect from the tone of your message you have been asked to do something worse than put your name on distorted guff, and to do something you find morally objectionable.
不过,从你言辞的语气猜测,你被要求做的事情比让你签署不诚实的鬼话更为糟糕,你是在被要求做道德上难以接受的事情。 - My hostage to fortune for 2004 is that this sort of guff has peaked and will recede.
我敢打赌,在2004年,这类废话已经过了顶峰期,将会走下坡路。 - I've never heard so much guff!
我从未听到过这么多的胡说八道! - 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。 - 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。 - First, no customer is ever going to be moved by such hyped-up guff, unless to copy it out and forward it to me. Second, these declarations make one fear the bank is losing the plot generally.
首先,除了抄写下来发给我之外,决不会有客户被这种自吹自擂的废话打动。其次,这些自夸使人担心瑞银在总体上丧失了理智。 - 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。 - Even this standard food guff is misplaced.
就连这套关于食品的标准胡扯,也用错了地方。 - 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。