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

• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you hang around with colleagues all the time you just end up talking shop.
  如果整天和同事泡在一起的话，你最终就会变得开口闭口都是工作。
• For such a grouping to be anything more than just a talking shop, it needs to make a material difference to the political debate in its member countries.
  这样的一个集团，如果不想沦为清谈俱乐部，就必须与其成员国国内的政治论战有实质性的区别。
• Lily and Li Lei are drinking coffee and talking at a coffee shop.
  莉莉和李雷在咖啡店边喝咖啡边谈。
• 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。
• He became a member of the European Parliament in1979 when that body was just a talking shop, seeing it as a harbinger of bigger things to come.
  1979年成为了欧洲议会的一员，那会儿这个组织还只是个耍耍嘴皮子的地方，他们将他的加入视为天降大任的一个预兆。
• 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）。