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

• 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）。
• Sceptics dismiss the dialogue as a talking shop. But it is infinitely better than not talking.
  怀疑论者认为，中美对话只不过是清谈。但谈比不谈要好很多。
• When he rolled into the department's common room one morning last month, his students were talking shop around low tables.
  上月的一天上午，霍金驾着轮椅到了系的公共休息室，他的学生们正围在一张张矮桌子谈论着本行的一些事情。
• 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。
• Well, I'm sure he'll be here before long. Let's have a cup of coffee. ( Lily and Li Lei are drinking coffee and talking at a coffee shop.)
  噢，我肯定他很快就来。咱们喝杯咖啡吧。（莉莉和李雷在咖啡店边喝咖啡边谈。）
• 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。
• Then later, after talking further with initiates and learning about the Supreme teachings, the shop owner even learned the convenient method of meditation.
  后来，这位老板与同修进一步交谈，了解师父的无上教理后，还学了方便法。
• I hate anyone talking shop at a party.
  我受不了在社交聚会上听人谈生意经。
• Conversely, when things are going as well as they seemed to be in the past few years, Davos struggles to avoid a note of self-congratulation and to avoid degenerating into a well-meaning talking shop.
  反之，当形势像前几年那样进展顺利的时候，达沃斯论坛则致力于避免自得的论调，避免退化成一个好心的清谈场所。
• 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。