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单词 jaw-jaw
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Definition of jaw-jaw in English:

jaw-jaw

noun ˈdʒɔːdʒɔː
mass nouninformal
  • Talking, especially lengthy and pointless discussion.

    长谈;(尤指冗长、空洞乏味的)讨论

    a week of financial jaw-jaw
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rest of the time Vaughn simply gibbers on and on, jaw-jawing and wise-cracking.
verb ˈdʒɔːdʒɔː
informal
  • Talk, especially at length.

    长谈,喋喋不休

    to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As Winston Churchill used to say, ‘Better to jaw-jaw than to war-war.’
    • That isn't helped when you listen to all the politicians’ jaw-jawing from every different and conceivable point of view, all of them with different axes to grind.
    • It was a day when members jaw-jawed with the new President on ways to move NSE forward.
    • Then I decided that was a bit softcore, so went for people electing ‘debators’ who would sit in the chamber jaw-jawing about proposed legislation.
    • On the other hand, he and his administration folks jaw-jawed with Palestinian Arafat at every photo opportunity.

Origin

Mid 19th century: reduplication of jaw.

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