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confab

英 ['kɒnfæb] 美 ['kɑnfæb]

n. 交谈；会议
vi. 谈话；闲谈

中文词源

confab 闲谈

con-, 强调。-fab, 说，交谈，词源同fame, fate, confess,phone.

英文词源

confab (n.): 1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.

双语例句

1. the annual movie confab in Cannes: 在戛纳举行的电影年会

2. It's a secret confab they don't want me to hear, I suppose.: 我看一定是不想让我听见的保密话.

3. Let's confab a bit about that idea.: 咱们来讨论一下那条意见.

4. We would see them confab in that room.: 我们常看到他们在那房间里闲谈.

5. The New Yorker catches Summers nodding off again in a confab with officials in Detroit.: 《纽约客》还拍到萨默斯在底特律跟官员开会时又打起了盹.