claptrap

英 [ˈklæptræp]

美 [ˈklæptræp]

n.  无聊的蠢话; 废话

BNC.36755 / COCA.35967

牛津词典

noun

• 无聊的蠢话；废话
  stupid talk that has no value

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 夸夸其谈;哗众取宠的空谈；蠢话
  If you describe something that someone says asclaptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
  1. This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.
     这是政客们宣扬过无数次的废话。

英英释义

noun

• pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  Synonym:bombastfustianrantblah

双语例句

• This column throws out all the theoretical claptrap and focuses on the concepts you need to get started with data binding.
  这个专栏抛开所有空洞的理论，把重点放在应用数据绑定需要了解的概念上。
• If only one could take out the philosophical claptrap from "Principles", some of the rules might make refreshing reading.
  只有将那些唬人的哲学空话从“准则”中剔除，部分准则才有可能让人耳目一新。
• But suddenly it was like a lion was roaring from within my chest, drowning all this claptrap out. A voice bellowed in me like nothing I had ever heard before.
  但突然间，我心中发出一阵狮吼，淹没这些无聊的话语。一种前所未有的声音在我内心怒吼。
• That should not, however, blind those proper doctors to the one thing, among all the claptrap, the so-called alternative does have to offer.
  不过，这不能让那些正派的医生视而不见一件事，在所有的哗众取宠的东西中所谓的非传统医学也有其独到之处。
• Don't believe a word of what he says. it's just a load of claptrap.
  他说的话一句也别信。那只是一大堆哗众取宠的废话。
• What is it but false, misleading, nonsensical claptrap to say that their interests were identical with those of their employer?
  说他们的利益和老板的利益一致，岂不是撒谎，骗人和荒谬的花言巧语吗？
• There's a lot of claptrap about this, but we really are breaking the barriers be-tween public and private, insists Sir Ewan, whose own business background makes him evangelical about what he calls the realism of commerce.
  尤恩爵士坚称：人们在这件事上发表了许多哗众取宠之辞，但我们的确是在打破公立学校与私立学校之间的壁垒。自身的商业背景使得尤恩爵士对其所谓的商业现实主义非常热衷。
• You learn more in one week watching this claptrap than you do all year on education TV.
  你看一个星期的这类哗众取宠节目所学到的东西，比你看一年电视教育节目，都多。
• It sounds as if everyone has been told they will be judged according to how seriously they take the Winning Organisation claptrap& with the result that some bright spark has had the genius idea of applying it to the dress code.
  听起来好像每个人都被告知，将根据他们对成功组织溢美之辞的重视程度来评判他们的表现&其结果是一些聪明人想到了把它应用于着装规范的天才想法。
• It supports the view that they are not proper academic institutions, but places to pick up a few contacts and some dubious management claptrap on the way to furthering your job prospects.
  它支持了这样一种观点：商学院并非严格意义上的学术机构，而是一个在你拓展职业前景的道路上，供你建立人脉、学习一些管理花招的地方。