palaver
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pa·la·ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/ noun [singular, uncountable] especially British English informalPROBLEM unnecessary trouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is 〔不必要的〕麻烦，不便，烦恼 SYN fuss We could have done without all this palaver. 我们本可以不那么麻烦的。 What a palaver over nothing! 真是白忙一场啊！
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palaver• Budget palaver and acute short-termism seem to go hand in hand.• Will they view it as an opportunity to attack their opponents or deliver empty palaver?• There's been a lot of palaver about feminist oversensitivity to language.• Can't have this sort of palaver going on, not here.• Between them all, they managed to get Liam to the house, the twins being much amused by all the palaver.• For all the palaver about men playing full parenting roles, fathers desire, seek, contrive and protect their anonymity.• If you can't be bothered with any of this palaver, buy a whole fillet of beef.Origin palaver (1700-1800) Portuguese palavra “word, speech”, from Late Latin parabola; → PARABLEpa·la·ver nounChineseSyllable
Corpus unnecessary anxiety that trouble makes something and
palaver
pa‧la‧ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/
noun [singular, uncountable] especially British English
SYN fuss:
We could have done without all this palaver.
What a palaver over nothing!
pa‧la‧ver /pəˈlɑːvə $ -ˈlævər/
noun [singular, uncountable] especially British English Date: 1700-1800
Language: Portuguese
Origin: palavra 'word, speech', from Late Latin parabola; ⇨ parable
informal unnecessary trouble and anxiety that makes something seem more important than it really is Language: Portuguese
Origin: palavra 'word, speech', from Late Latin parabola; ⇨ parable
SYN fuss:
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