"glib speech, pitch," 1896, probably from verb (1894) meaning "to speak in a glib manner," earlier "to play circus music" (1870, in a German-American context), from German spielen "to play," from Old High German spilon (cognate with Old English spilian "to play"). The noun also perhaps from German Spiel "play, game."
实用例句
1. That salesman had a good spiel, he sold many dresses in one hour.
那个推销员讲话流利又夸张, 他在一小时内卖了很多衣服.
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2. And then there is a spiel about the pearl, signed Tecla.
他告诉大家,牡蛎可生产两种珍珠,“野生的”或东方珠和“养”珠.
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3. But only a block away the insistent English - language spiel disappears.
这就是那举世闻名的胡同了.
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4. Du musst hier jedes Spiel gewinnen , sonst gibt es sofort negative Schlagzeilen.
你必须赢下每一场比赛,不然报纸头条一定写得很负面.
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5. The boy can spiel off all the country's names in the world.
