waffling

英 [ˈwɒflɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɑːflɪŋ]

v.  胡扯; 耍贫嘴; 絮叨; 胡写; 拿不定主意; 三心二意
waffle的现在分词

现在分词：waffling　

COCA.41611

柯林斯词典

• VERB 胡扯;胡说;废话连篇
  If you say that someonewaffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points.
  1. My wife often tells me I waffle...
     我妻子经常说我胡说八道。
  2. There was some bloke on the phone waffling about an airline ticket.
     电话里有个家伙在唠叨一张飞机票的事情。
  3. Waffle onmeans the same aswaffle.
     waffle on 同 waffle
  4. Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on...
     我无论何时开口，从不夸夸其谈。
  5. That's all I had to say on the subject — we don't want to waffle on about it all day.
     这个问题我只想说这么多——我们不该一整天都为此废话。
  6. Waffleis also a noun.
     
  7. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.
     他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。
• VERB 犹豫不决;含糊其词
  If someonewaffleson an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it.
  1. He's waffled on abortion and gay rights...
     他在堕胎和同性恋权利问题上立场模糊。
  2. He kept waffling and finding excuses not to close the deal.
     他一直举棋不定，找出种种理由不予成交。
• 华夫饼
  Awaffleis a kind of square cake made of batter with squares marked on it. Waffles are usually eaten with syrup poured over them.

双语例句

• The president has been waffling on this issue, probably because he is still uncertain about what to do.
  总统一直在这个问题上含糊其辞，大概是因为他还拿不定主意该怎么做。
• These are smart people and the game is extremely simple, but my waffling clients manage to find the one possible way to lose at it: not moving.
  游戏也极其简单，但是我这些嘴里嘀咕的人们啊却成功地找到了失败的唯一方法：不行动。
• There was some bloke on the phone waffling about an airline ticket.
  电话里有个家伙在唠叨一张飞机票的事情。
• While the Houses of Parliament are often the scene of exciting political debates, most of the time it's just boring people you've never heard of waffling about incredibly minor issues.
  虽然国会经常出现激烈的政治论争，但大多数时候，都是那些你闻所未闻的无聊人士在针对那些微不足道的问题进行无谓之争。
• It would-in this context-look like waffling.
  在目前这种情况下，它一定会显得唠唠叨叨的。
• White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on Sunday dismissed accusations that the Obama administration is waffling over whether the United States is indeed at war with Islamic State, saying the administration has been very clear about the military mission against the terror group.
  奥巴马政府被指责在是否确实对ISIS开战的问题上含糊其辞，而美国白宫办公厅主任丹尼斯麦克多诺上周日驳回了该指责，称美国政府非常清楚对恐怖组织的军事任务。
• Mechanically translate all the waffling to "no" and you'll be all right.
  把所有胡扯都机械式地当作「不要」，那就没问题了。
• These scholars, such as Hegel, Danner and Spengler waffling, etc. in this respect made outstanding achievements.
  这些学者，诸如沃夫林、黑格尔、丹纳及斯宾格勒等在这一方面做出了突出的成绩。
• He's still waffling away about economic recovery.
  他仍在喋喋不休地侈谈有关经济复苏的问题。
• He kept waffling and finding excuses not to close the deal.
  他一直举棋不定，找出种种理由不予成交。