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

• 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。
• The SCO, comprising Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, was initially dismissed as a talking shop in the West.
  对这一组织，最初西方不屑一顾，称其为“清谈俱乐部”。
• 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。）
• As soon as they saw this, the customers stopped talking and, one by one, without hurrying, left the wine-shop.
  顾客们一看到这个动作便立刻停止了交谈，并一个接着一个从容地离开了酒店。
• 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。
• He is always talking shop.
  他老是三句话不离本行。
• 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。
• The WEF may only be a talking shop for this glittering cast, but during a worldwide economic crisis, good lines of communication between countries and between States and businesses are essential.
  世界经济论坛或许不过是这些耀眼人物的一次清谈会，但在全球经济陷入危机之际，国家间及政府和企业间良好的交流方式至关重要。
• 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。
• It's a dialogue between two people talking about the bad customer service they received at a coffee house ( or a coffee shop) that they went to.
  这是两个人之间的对话，谈论他们在一家咖啡厅接受的糟糕的服务。