garrulousness
garrulousness — 名詞
1. the tendency to speak too much and at unnecessary length, usually about matters
多話；絮叨
說話過多且內容瑣碎的習性
the tendency to speak too much and at unnecessary length, usually about matters that others find trivial or uninteresting
Lien's garrulousness at the dinner party drove several guests to find excuses and leave early.
Lien 在晚宴上的多話使得幾位客人找藉口提早離開。
possessive determiner + garrulousness as subject showing negative outcome
The manager warned Nila that her garrulousness during meetings was wasting everyone's valuable time.
經理警告 Nila，她在會議上的絮叨浪費了大家寶貴的時間。
warn + that-clause linking garrulousness to a consequence
Jude's garrulousness cost him the job after he talked non-stop for forty minutes about his stamp collection.
Jude 的多話讓他丟了工作機會——他提到自己的郵票收藏時，一口氣講了四十分鐘沒停。
Yara's garrulousness on the phone each evening drove her flatmates crazy with frustration.
Yara 每晚在電話上的絮叨讓她的室友煩躁不已。
Despite his intelligence, Eitan's garrulousness made group projects painful for everyone involved.
儘管 Eitan 很聰明，但他的多話讓分組作業對每個組員來說都很痛苦。
- talkativeness
more general and less negative; describes someone who simply enjoys talking
- loquacity
formal, often neutral; suggests fluent, continuous speech without the negative judgement
- verbosity
focuses on using more words than needed, more often applied to writing than speech
- prolixity
very formal; describes tediously long-winded expression, especially in written texts
- taciturnity
the habit of saying very little; reserved silence
- reticence
restraint in speech, often from caution or shyness
文法句型
possessive determiner + garrulousness
garrulousness of [person]
用法筆記
Almost always carries a negative judgement. Used more often in formal character descriptions or literary writing than in everyday conversation — the simpler word "talkativeness" is more common in casual speech.