claptrap
英 [ˈklæptræp]
美 [ˈklæptræp]
n. 无聊的蠢话; 废话
BNC.36755 / COCA.35967
牛津词典
noun
- 无聊的蠢话；废话
stupid talk that has no value
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 夸夸其谈;哗众取宠的空谈；蠢话
If you describe something that someone says asclaptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.- This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。
- This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- What is it but false, misleading, nonsensical claptrap to say that their interests were identical with those of their employer?
说他们的利益和老板的利益一致，岂不是撒谎，骗人和荒谬的花言巧语吗？ - It sounds as if everyone has been told they will be judged according to how seriously they take the Winning Organisation claptrap& with the result that some bright spark has had the genius idea of applying it to the dress code.
听起来好像每个人都被告知，将根据他们对成功组织溢美之辞的重视程度来评判他们的表现&其结果是一些聪明人想到了把它应用于着装规范的天才想法。 - But suddenly it was like a lion was roaring from within my chest, drowning all this claptrap out. A voice bellowed in me like nothing I had ever heard before.
但突然间，我心中发出一阵狮吼，淹没这些无聊的话语。一种前所未有的声音在我内心怒吼。 - He talked a lot of dangerous claptrap about the glories of war.
他讲一大堆有关战争光荣之类危险瞎掰的话。 - If only one could take out the philosophical claptrap from "Principles", some of the rules might make refreshing reading.
只有将那些唬人的哲学空话从“准则”中剔除，部分准则才有可能让人耳目一新。 - It supports the view that they are not proper academic institutions, but places to pick up a few contacts and some dubious management claptrap on the way to furthering your job prospects.
它支持了这样一种观点：商学院并非严格意义上的学术机构，而是一个在你拓展职业前景的道路上，供你建立人脉、学习一些管理花招的地方。 - This column throws out all the theoretical claptrap and focuses on the concepts you need to get started with data binding.
这个专栏抛开所有空洞的理论，把重点放在应用数据绑定需要了解的概念上。 - You learn more in one week watching this claptrap than you do all year on education TV.
你看一个星期的这类哗众取宠节目所学到的东西，比你看一年电视教育节目，都多。 - There's a lot of claptrap about this, but we really are breaking the barriers be-tween public and private, insists Sir Ewan, whose own business background makes him evangelical about what he calls the realism of commerce.
尤恩爵士坚称：人们在这件事上发表了许多哗众取宠之辞，但我们的确是在打破公立学校与私立学校之间的壁垒。自身的商业背景使得尤恩爵士对其所谓的商业现实主义非常热衷。 - This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。