nattering

基本解釋

Or it could be selfishness; we realize people won’t like us for nattering on meanly about others.
或者它可能是自私的；我們意識到人們不會喜歡我們多是因爲(wèi)我們對別人的吝嗇行爲(wèi)抱怨嘮叨不停。
It may be a function of empathy; we feel badly for the objects of our derision. Or it could be selfishness; we realize people won’t like us for nattering on meanly about others.
這或許就是移情作用的功能；對他人的嘲笑，讓我們感到糟糕極了，或那可能就是自私；我們注意到，人們不樂意別人拿自己儅閑扯對象。
While you theatergoing butterflies out there keep nattering on about the Tonys — who will win, who should win, and so on — I have been focused on an issue of far greater momentousness and urgency.
儅你們這些劇院的瘋狂粉絲正在閑扯誰得了托尼獎，誰應(yīng)該贏等等等等的時候，我已經(jīng)開始關(guān)注於一個更重要更緊急的問題。

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When people natter, they talk casually for a long time about unimportant things.