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

• 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。
• He is always talking shop.
  他老是三句话不离本行。
• Conversely, when things are going as well as they seemed to be in the past few years, Davos struggles to avoid a note of self-congratulation and to avoid degenerating into a well-meaning talking shop.
  反之，当形势像前几年那样进展顺利的时候，达沃斯论坛则致力于避免自得的论调，避免退化成一个好心的清谈场所。
• Such would be the dominance of these English institutions that the Commons would be reduced to a foreign policy talking shop.
  这些英格兰机构将拥有主导地位，而下议院将沦为对外政策的清谈场所。
• I hate anyone talking shop at a party.
  我受不了在社交聚会上听人谈生意经。
• Please excuse us for talking shop. We find it hard to stop thinking about our work, even at weekends.
  请原谅我们谈谈本行事，我们感到甚至在周末也很难不考虑工作。
• Just what the world needs: another talking shop.
  这正是世界所需要的：又一个清谈俱乐部。
• It's a dialogue between two people talking about the bad customer service they received at a coffee house ( or a coffee shop) that they went to.
  这是两个人之间的对话，谈论他们在一家咖啡厅接受的糟糕的服务。
• Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said.
  两位化学家在谈论他们本行的事，他们的话我一句也听不懂。
• What have you boys been up to?-oh, just talking a bit of shop.
  你们小伙子们在干吗？&啊，只是谈一点我们的本行。