一句一词语  （6）         

 tittle-tattle

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Thankfully I respect their privacy far too much to ever join in with such celebrity

romance tittle-tattle.

幸运的是，我非常尊重他们的隐私，从来没有加入这样的名人罗曼史八卦。

  

tittle-tattle 是英语中的一个叠声词发音 ['tɪt(ə)l.tæt(ə)l] ，其意思是：“闲聊”、“杂谈”

（talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true）。

那么我们就来“闲聊”一下 tittle-tattle 这个词吧。tittle-tattle 是 gossip 的同义词，常用

作贬义词。汉语中的“东家长西家短”，“搬弄是非”、“流言蜚语”、“闲言碎语”、“八

卦新闻”、“小道消息”、“道听途说”等意思都用上 tittle-tattle 这个词。

tittle-tattle 可用作动词和名词。

例句：

The two gossips, when coming together, would tittle-tattle to the slander of others.

那两个长舌妇，碰到一起时总要喋喋不休地诽谤别人。

You'd better stay away from her. She is a woman who likes to tittle-tattle.

你最好离她远点，她是那种喜欢东家长西家短的长舌妇。  

I'm afraid that you care too much for what people tittle-tattle behind you.

恐怕你过分在意别人在背后说的闲言碎语。

tittle-tattle  多见用作名词。

例如：

Don't believe it. It's merely an office tittle-tattle.

别相信这种事，它只是办公室的流言蜚语。

You can hardly imagine how such tittle-tattle annoys him.

你想像不到这种闲言碎语会使她多么的怒火。

The two girls had nothing much to say on their break except the usual tittle-tattle.、

休息时除了一般的闲聊外，这两个女孩没什么好谈的。

They know that tittle-tattle about the royal family helps to sell newspapers.

他们知道有关皇室的八卦新闻有助于销售报纸。

Though she attempted to sound informed about events and people, most often the

words out of her mouth were nothing more than tittle-tattle.

虽然她说得像百事通似的，但从她嘴里吐出来大多是道听途说罢了。

You needn’t care too much about these remarks, which, I believe, are merely tittle-

tattle.

你不必过分在意这些说法，我想它们不过都是些小道消息。

The author is contemptuous of Western historians who repeat this tittle-tattle 

without examining the evidence.

作者对西方历史学家重复这个没有经过考据的传言很是反感。

I don't suppose that you will believe all the tittle-tattle and scandal which one

cannot help hearing in town.

我想你不会去相信这些在市井街头常听到的流言蜚语吧。