drivel
/ˈdrɪvl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdrɪvl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdrɪv.əl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdrɪv.əl/ (ame, ipa)
drivel — 名詞
1. remarks, ideas, or written content that are silly, pointless, or not based on tr
廢話
愚蠢、無聊或無意義的話
remarks, ideas, or written content that are silly, pointless, or not based on truth — used when you want to show that you have no respect for what someone has said or written.
Tom walked out of the meeting, tired of listening to hours of corporate drivel.
Tom 聽了好幾小時的企業廢話，終於受不了走出了會議室。
collocation: corporate drivel
Clara deleted the email after reading the first sentence of political drivel.
Clara 讀完那封政治廢話郵件的第一句話後就把它刪了。
collocation: political drivel
Mei-Lin could not believe the film review was just empty drivel with no real analysis.
Mei-Lin 不敢相信那篇影評只是空洞的廢話，完全沒有真正的分析。
Amir skipped the article when he realised it was nothing but drivel about celebrities.
Amir 一發現那篇文章只是關於名人的廢話，就直接跳過了。
Most of the comments on the post were boring drivel that added nothing useful.
貼文下方大部分的留言都是無聊的廢話，一點幫助也沒有。
- wisdom
drivel is the opposite of meaningful, sensible thought
文法句型
drivel + about + topic
用法筆記
Uncountable — do not say 'a drivel' or 'drivels'. Frequently paired with dismissive adjectives such as 'boring', 'empty', 'mindless'.
常見錯誤
drivel — 動詞
- drivelpresent simple I / you / we / they
- drivels3rd person singular
- drivelling-ing form
- driveledpast simple
1. to speak continuously in a way that is boring, foolish, or annoying — especially
說廢話
不停地講無聊愚蠢的話
to speak continuously in a way that is boring, foolish, or annoying — especially when the speaker goes on too long about unimportant things without noticing that nobody is interested.
Diego drivelled on about his weekend for twenty minutes while everyone checked their phones.
Diego 滔滔不絕地講了二十分鐘他週末的事，其他人都在看手機。
pattern: drivel on about [topic]
Kwame kept drivelling about the same tired arguments until his friends stopped listening.
Kwame 一直重複那些早就聽膩的論點，朋友們都不再聽他說話了。
Instead of giving a clear answer, the politician drivelled on about how great the country was.
那位政治人物沒有正面回答問題，只是一直誇獎自己的國家有多好。
Anh drivelled on and on about the rules of a game that nobody wanted to play.
Anh 沒完沒了地講一個根本沒人想玩的遊戲規則。
Yuki's grandmother drivelled cheerfully about the weather, the neighbours, and the price of fish.
Yuki 的奶奶開心地聊著天氣、鄰居和魚的價錢，說個不停。
文法句型
drivel on about + topic
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'on' (drivel on) or 'on about' (drivel on about something). Often carries the implication that the listener finds the speaker boring or annoying.