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confab的意思

confab
英式音标['kɑnfæb]
美式英标['kɒnfæb]

基本解释

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.

实用例句

1. the annual movie confab in Cannes
在戛纳举行的电影年会
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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.
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3. Let's confab a bit about that idea.
咱们来讨论一下那条意见.
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4. We would see them confab in that room.
我们常看到他们在那房间里闲谈.
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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.
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